Monday, August 23, 2010

Is this really even news?

Apparently Tiger Woods and his former wife are now officially divorced? Not surprisingly, this seems to be a big story. A recent Google News search suggested that already there are more than 750 stories on the topic, though I am not sure if this level of interest is in any way justified.

Does it really matter to anyone other than family members of those concerned that they are actually divorced?

The only way in which I can see that this story might matter to the broader public is that it helps teach the public that just because a celebrity says they are going to try and work out differences with their wife that such differences may not actually be reconciled or reconcilable.

Update: When run about 20 minutes later, the aforementioned Google News search returned close to a thousand stories on the topic. Apparently this is a big story.

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