tags: Tiger Woods, Taiwanese News, Apple-1 News, Taiwan, animation, streaming video
This video is an interesting news report from Apple-1 News in Taiwan regarding what really happened to cause Tiger Woods to drive into a tree after bouncing off a fire hydrant in front of his Florida home.
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Part 2:
Are animations such as these legal for use by news organizations in the US? I suspect not; otherwise, they'd be making use of them many years ago.
Anyway; there is precedent for making allegations of Domestic Violence against Woods' wife, Elin Nordegren, since her stories that she told to the police on two separate occasions don't match. Currently, the police are seeking a search warrant to force the hospital to turn over Woods' medical records so they can investigate whether his wounds are consistent with a car crash or with a violent crime. If Domestic Violence is the likely culprit, this will not end well for Woods' wife, who will be arrested and charged with a crime.
There is a second reason that Woods' medical records are being sought. He apparently was taking pain medications, which, if true, is grounds for charging Woods with a DUI.
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woulds -> woods, I assume. Or did she use an iron?
Posted by: Bob O'H | December 2, 2009 6:51 AM
These animations are very common on news broadcasts in Taiwan. Note, however, that Apple in Taiwan is seen roughly the way people in the USA would look at a tabloid. Sensationalism first, facts somewhere after that.
As a usage note, while there is a lot of political heat around the issue of Taiwan and China, Taiwan meets the objective criteria to be considered its own country. It issues passports, mints currency, controls immigration and emigration, and maintains armed forces, all without the slightest influence from Beijing. Calling a Taiwanese news station "Chinese" is somewhat akin to calling a newspaper out of Edinborough "English", or listing Alberta among the states in the USA.
Posted by: Winter Toad | December 2, 2009 9:43 AM
*Ahem*
Taiwan is NOT China. In Taiwan, it is considered rather offensive to refer to something Taiwanese as if it were Chinese.
As for the animations, I see them all the time in Taiwan. The tabloid papers use digital images too. It's a strange phenomenon, but I suppose the media are using loopholes in the law to show gawdy images to attract attention.
Posted by: AlWest | December 2, 2009 9:47 AM
"woulds" = wounds
Posted by: krolton | December 2, 2009 7:57 PM
Thanks for the info.
What's with the Taiwanese nationalist posturing here in the comments? This blog doesn't even label anything “Chinese". Stick to the topic and spare us the lame propaganda, please.
Posted by: Kim_cool | December 4, 2009 2:34 AM
Kim_cool - Grrl originally titled this post "Chinese news...". A little faux pas that was quickly noticed.
The page for this post retains the original title.
Posted by: Bob O'H | December 4, 2009 6:09 AM
@Winter Toad #2
I assume you mean Edinburgh, the capital of Scotland? (you should perhaps beware Skitt's Law when attempting to correct an error)...
and for those of you arguing the China/Taiwan thing, the language on this broadcast is Mandarin Chinese, and so in fact, this is indeed a "Chinese" broadcast!
Posted by: Maggie Moo | December 4, 2009 5:08 PM