Media coverage of Tiger Woodss accident shows that Americans dont see athletes as fully human
On Feb. 23, Tiger Woods was in a car accident that left him with significant injuries to his lower body, requiring several hours of surgery. Fellow athletes expressed disbelief and wished the iconic golfer well. Media coverage, however, focused on how the accident would affect Woods’s pursuit of winning the most major championships in the sport, and reviewed personal scandals and previous comeback attempts.
For instance, NPR’s Rachel Martin and Tom Goldman discussed this as a setback in Woods’s comeback and compared him to Ben Hogan, another golf legend who broke his legs in a car accident but was able to recover and continue to win major tournaments.
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