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Most know about Kelly Tilghman's unfortunate comments that the best way for the golfers to ever beat Tiger Woods is to lynch him in a back alley. She apologized. She has no history of such comments. She has been a Tiger Woods fan on the golf channel for many years. Tiger accepted her apology. The golf channel suspended her for two weeks. The consensus of opinion for most folks has been she really should have known better and that her remarks were offensive, although probably not intended in that way.
So golfweek comes out with this cover story:
Now people are canceling subscriptions. The editor tried to defend himself yesterday.
http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2008/01/17/1235867-golfweek-noose-elicits-strong-reaction
Today he was let go.
http://sports.excite.com/news/01182008/v6105.html
My take: The guy was sensationalizing a story that had run its course. Tilghman made a mistake. She apologized. Woods accepted. She got suspended. The story was fair game for the magazine, but putting the noose on its cover was inflammatory. The editor was trying to boost sales and it backfired. He might sell more of this edition, but Golfweek will lose a bunch of subscriptions in the long run.
So golfweek comes out with this cover story:
Now people are canceling subscriptions. The editor tried to defend himself yesterday.
http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2008/01/17/1235867-golfweek-noose-elicits-strong-reaction
Today he was let go.
http://sports.excite.com/news/01182008/v6105.html
My take: The guy was sensationalizing a story that had run its course. Tilghman made a mistake. She apologized. Woods accepted. She got suspended. The story was fair game for the magazine, but putting the noose on its cover was inflammatory. The editor was trying to boost sales and it backfired. He might sell more of this edition, but Golfweek will lose a bunch of subscriptions in the long run.
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