From NYT “Golf Writers to Boycott Today’s Talk” (emphasis added),
Objecting to the ground rules for Friday’s scripted and highly managed live television statement by Tiger Woods, the Golf Writers Association of America announced a boycott of the event Thursday. The ground rules originally allowed close proximity to Woods for three pool reporters who would agree not to ask him questions. […]
The president of the G.W.A.A., Vartan Kupelian, said, “To limit the ability of journalists to attend, listen, see and question Woods goes against the grain of everything we believe.”
Also see “PGA Tour commissioner: Woods to return to therapy” (emphasis added),
““This is not a press conference,” Mark Steinberg, Woods’ agent, said on Wednesday.
Three wire services — the AP, Reuters and Bloomberg — were invited. The Golf Writers Association of America was offered a pool of three reporters, negotiated for six reporters, then its board of directors voted overwhelmingly not to participate.”
P.S. One day, may be prime minister stephen harper will get the same consistent treatment from the Canadian media. (Of course, I am dreaming here. As this was tried before stephen harper won. And the press and Canadians lost.)
