Taiwan Tabloid Sensation Next Media Re-Creates the News
Early in the morning on November 27, 2009, Tiger Woods allegedly had an altercation with his wife, Elin Nordegren, that culminated in a career-derailing car crash outside the couple’s Florida home. Details of what transpired are vague–the principals aren’t talking, and no cameras were present. Millions of people who followed the breaking story on CNN, Fox, ESPN, and TMZ had to satisfy themselves with watching file footage of the golfer and his wife.
The incident captured the world’s attention, but no one could actually see it–until an animated reenactment was uploaded to the Web site of an Asian tabloid just hours after it happened. The 96-second videoclip featured Sims-like doppelgängers of the couple and depicted the moments that everyone was clamoring to see: the vehicle colliding with a tree, an unconscious Woods lying in the street as the police arrived, even Nordegren chasing her husband’s SUV down the driveway with a golf club.
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