The Los Angeles Times called the coverage of Tiger Wood's car crash and private life "smotherage". There's no question the public was interested in the details of Tiger's story. On The New York Times website, the golfer was one of the most searched terms.

But did the national media go too far in trying to satisfy the public appetite for the story?

If you ask Tiger Woods....yes. On December 2nd, he released this statement:

"No matter how intense curiosity about public figures can be, there is an important and deep principle at stake which is the right to some simple, human measure of privacy... But for me, the virtue of privacy is one that must be protected in matters that are intimate and within ones own family. Personal sins should not require press releases and problems within a family shouldn't have to mean public confessions."

"For the management of the image and the Tiger Woods brand and I would imagine his councilors were imploring him to speak to the media, but as a father and a husband I think it's his call," said Charles Davis of the MU School of Journalism.

What do you think... Should personal indiscretions in a public figure require a public confession? Did the national media go too far?

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