Who Needs To Know?

Unless you are one of the alleged mistresses or the wife of the cheating husband why would the affairs off Tiger Woods, S.C. Governor Mark Sanford or former senator John Edwards be of any concern for the public? Yes these people either holds a public office or is a public sports figure but does that mean that every aspect of their life should be public knowledge? Is it not already painful enough for the wives to have been betrayed but they also have to deal with a very personal matter in a public forum. These women deserve their husbands to be faithful; since that didn’t happen don’t they at least deserve some dignity and be able to address their marital problems in private. I hear comments such as “the public want to know”, “the public has a right to know”. I believe that it couldn’t be farther from the truth. What the public needs to know is if these men are doing their jobs well, not the women they’re doing. Especially Tiger, does it matter who he sleeps with as long as he can still hit the little white ball? As for the senator and governor I guess you can argue that their judgment may be impaired but if it does not affect the job it shouldn’t be an issue that is dramatized in the media. The wives were hurt and the media continues to pick at the wound all for the sake of informing the public. Maybe just maybe the public doesn’t need to know everything.