Public people, private lives, and Tiger Woods

[SacTown Chronic]

From golf . com:

Tiger earned $100 million last year. $7.7 million on the course -- and approximately $92 million off it.

From Tiger's press release today:

Although I am a well-known person and have made my career as a professional athlete, I have been dismayed to realize the full extent of what tabloid scrutiny really means.

Translation:

People should only pay attention to me when I want to sell them something using my carefully crafted image. Or when I'm winning tournaments. Or when I'm giving interviews. Or when I talk about the wonderful psychic connection I had with my Pops. Or when I release photo spreads taken with my family. Other than that, please respect my privacy. Let me have my cake and eat it too. Wah!