With regards to Tiger Woods's public apology Friday, there was bound to be a number of different reviews with bias inevitably attached. To begin, the article in the Calgary Sun contains a very bias heading. To put quotation marks around a word typically represents satire, or sarcastic views. To write that Woods is "sorry" implies that he's actually not. The Sun's article also states that the apology was "highly orchestrated," which in no way, shape, or form gives Woods any credit for his apology. That is certainly bias against Woods, because it tells the readers that there was no emotion or real meaning involved when he apologized to the public. Conversely, the Calgary Herald states that Woods gave a "blisteringly self-critical address" to the public. This article gives Woods the most credit, without a doubt. These two articles highlight the exact same event, but portray it in such opposing lights that it's mind blowing. In the Edmonton Journal, Tiger's affairs are referred to "extramarital escapades," which is just a fancy way of saying the he cheated on his wife on numerous occasions. An affair is an affair, and no matter how much jargon is thrown onto the page, the facts do not change.Clearly, each paper throws it's own bias into the mixture someway or another. Sometimes, that's exactly what a story needs to add spice and spunk; other times, it just seems cruel and unnecessary.
Links:
http://www.edmontonjournal.com/sports/golf/Tiger+ready+come+woods/2580971/story.html
http://www.calgarysun.com/sports/golf/2010/02/19/12944521.html
http://www.calgaryherald.com/sports/golf/Tiger+Woods+make+public+apology+after+months+silence/2585108/story.html
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