Editorial by Daniel Townsend

The recent “scandal” with Tiger Woods has proven once again that people would much rather concern themselves with the private affairs of a celebrity than any of the numerous more pressing issues that affect their lives.

Watching the news, one can easily tell that health care and the war in the Middle East are among the most pressing issues the government is dealing with, and the result of the decisions made on these issues will affect the entire country. Despite this, the news story that gets harped on the most is on the love life of a pro-golfer.                                                                                                Overexposed

How does Tiger Woods’s sex life affect the lives of anyone who is not intimately associated with him? Mentioning it once is expected, since he is a celebrity, even if it is for golf. However, there is no reason to give the public the blow-by-blow and further invade this man’s privacy just to get a story in the news.

The only people who are hurt from his actions, other than his wife and family, are those who invested in his image. To try and milk the situation for profit is the most pathetic excuse for privacy violation I can think of. Only the announcement of the deed and his apology are newsworthy. There are more important stories that should be focused on.

Let the tabloids handle the deplorable business of privacy invasion for profit, and let everyone else in the business get back to respectable reporting and important news stories.