Tiger Woods’ “Interviews” Were More Like Infomercials!

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Published: March 28, 2010

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Tiger Woods gave two "interviews" last Sunday, March 21.  One was granted to ESPN and the other to the Golf Channel. 

ESPN selected Tom Rinaldi as the interviewer.  The Golf Channel selected Kelly Tilghman. 

In my opinion, these were not true interviews—not by a long shot.  

These "interviews" came across to me like infomercials, and it appeared to me that everything was scripted in these Tiger "interviews."

As most people know, infomercials attempt to come across like they are true interviews, but I think most people realize they are not. 

Unfortunately, I don't think most people realize Tiger filmed two infomercials last Sunday because they were aired in prime time, unlike most infomercials, and the interviewers were known—again unlike most infomercials.   

Unfortunately, I would bet anything that the questions and subject matter that would be asked or touched upon were known ahead of time or were directly dictated by the Tiger Woods' team of PR hacks.   

Why do I say the questions/subject matters were known ahead of time? 

Because Tiger answered every question without any real hesitation or any real noticeable pause either before or during the answering of the questions.   

If you are in a true interview setting (i.e., where you don't know what is going to be asked) there are pauses and hesitations before answering a question or while answering a question. There was none of that in these so called "interviews."

In both "interviews," Tiger certainly had a "canned" answer ready for every question.  He basically gave the same answer to similar questions in both "interviews."

To be fair to ESPN and the Golf Channel, Tiger may have been ultra-prepared.  But, unfortunately, it appeared to me that something els...
Article Source: Bleacher Report - Golf

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