Wednesday, April 16, 2008

News article from diferent angles - TIger Woods

Each article covers Tiger Woods imminent surgery upon his knee. The world number is likely to be out of competition for at least four weeks. The thirteen-time champion decided to play through the pain at the recent Masters competition. This is a commendable feat considering he finished second. This will be the second time he has gone under knife to fix a problematic knee.
The ESPN article concentrates more on the golfing aspect of the impact this will have. It is for a much more golf-orientated audience to read. It goes into depth of when Tiger last missed any tournaments for either personal reasons or through injury. Considering the website is linked with GolfWorld it should cover the story in detail and show the impact it will have on the world of golf.
BBC has covered the story in less depth but does include more quotes and has a more personal approach to Tiger. The story focuses more on the effect it will have on him. The reason for the surgery are also shown from a quote from is manager. When compared to the first article this story covers a lot less aspects. It does highlight one major tournament, which Tiger will miss. This article also includes more quotes about the process he is about to go through.
The Skysports article is very similar to the BBC article. It gives the bare facts and I feel it skims the information. It gives the reader just enough information to grasp what is going on. The article uses similar quotes if not the same as each other throughout the article. It has the same stance in that it focuses on Tiger more than the impact it will have on the golf. One difference is that within the opening paragraph Skysports states he will be out for at least four weeks almost putting a positive spin on the amount of time he will be injured.
Reuters have covered the story in a similar fashion to the BBC and Skysports. The information is given in order to allow the reader to grasp knowledge of it. Also quotes concerning his reaction and his managers reaction are stated. It focuses more on the effect it will have on him while he is recovering rather than golf as a sport. This article is does cover the story in more detail than the BBC and Skysports, which is shown in the length of the article.
The Daily Telegraph article is the shortest in length and gives the least amount of detail about the incident. This could almost be bullet pointed to give information to the readers. As the article is very short in length it is deemed not very important. It may seem that not many people would want to read about.
I suppose only a specific audience would want to read about the incident. In America golf is seen as a major sport, so therefore it is given more precedence. What we can gather from all of these articles is that some of the world’s top golfers can relax for while without Tiger breathing down their neck