Austin Adult Entertainment: WENDY MURPHY: ABC apology in Woods story was pathetic
Even if Uchitel doesn’t FEEL like a hooker, and even if she paid for the plane tickets herself – (doubtful given other reports that Tiger would “fly” the women to “meet” him), let’s not forget that she scheduled a press conference to reveal all the dirty details about her escapades with Woods. And now we’re supposed to believe she was upset that people might form a poor opinion about her because of Joy Behar’s joke?! She only canceled the media show at the last minute when Tiger “made a phone call” to Uchitel’s lawyer – leading many to speculate that she demanded, and received, cash in exchange for silence.
Whether she traded sex or silence for money, the word “hooker” is fair both as an expression of opinion, and as a joke – and both are forms of protected speech under the First Amendment. In fact, the word might be too kind. Trading silence for cash is worse than selling sex because extortion is a more serious felony than prostitution.