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Whereas the Guardian have written a normal article based on FACTS. The Sun have taken it into their own hands to publish unfounded accusations.
Many other newspapers have covered the story, including the Express, the Independent, and the Times and none of them have given these accusations the light of day.
So where did the Sun get the accusations that firstly, Tiger had a row with his wife and secondly, rather more seriously that he has been having an affair. The Sun claims:
Reports in the US claim he has been cheating on her with party hostess Rachel Uchitel, 34.
"Reports in the US" seems to be a sneaky way to print wild allegations without substantiating them whatsoever.
The Independent also prints the allegations, but unlike the Sun they don't make them the centre of the story, in the last line printing...
Rumours about the golfer's private life surfaced this week with a tabloid newspaper speculating about marital unrest, but it had little evidence to substantiate its outlandish claims.
Note how a respectable newspaper doesn't engage in wild speculation and even the claim of marital unrest is said to be "unsubstantiated." Even though the Independent is a quality paper, if they had found out through sources that they trusted and believed that Woods was having marital problems or even an affair, it would have featured more prominently in the story.
None of the American sources that claim this affair, such as this, this and this have any actual evidence to back it up and the Hollywood Gossip names the newspaper the National Inquirer (which first made the allegations) as "the unreliable tabloid"
Even the Mail and the Express have not gone as far as claiming an affair, with the former claiming an argument, and the latter - surprisingly - having the decency not to print unsubstantiated allegations.
It just makes you wonder, how low will the Sun sink?
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On the other hand, they make a lot of stuff up. Go figure.
OK, so we know the sensationalist tabloids make things up to gain readers, but they are also run by businessmen who do not want to pay millions in libel cases having made serious unsubstantiated claims against multi-million dollar sportsmen.
Perhaps TW should have been a little more discreet or hey, not had 'transgressions' at all when he's so high profile. He's quick to go for professional help AFTER the event.
Anyway, it's all out in the wash and I will continue taking what I read with a pinch of salt, just not too much.
And?
Murdoch's a cunt, but I doubt that has anything to do with being Australian.