Bryant Gumbel returned to a morning TV anchor chair on Monday, November 1, 1999. According to MRC President Brent Bozell, "for 15 years, Mr. Gumbel used another morning program as a daily platform for personal liberal bias masquerading as news and commentary." Bozell explained that "like everyone else, Mr. Gumbel is entitled to his own opinions -- but not to his own set of facts. Yet he repeatedly used his anchor status to slant the facts to support his personal liberal opinions, misinforming millions."
The October 26, 1999, issue of USA Today reported on Bozell's letter to CBS News, commenting: "One of Bryant Gumbel's frequent critics is after him again, less than a week before the former Today anchor returns to morning TV on CBS' The Early Show. In a letter to CBS News president Andrew Heyward, Brent Bozell, head of the conservative watchdog group Media Research Center, warns that the new show could be a vehicle for 'liberal propaganda.' CBS dismissed Bozell's comments, calling Gumbel 'fair and tough.'"
According to MRC Vice President for Research and Publications Brent Baker, "short of Geraldo Rivera, few have done as much as Bryant Gumbel to lower the standards of professional TV journalism. As an interviewer, he can’t even pose a question without stumbling over his own liberal bias, and we have the audio- and videotape to prove it."
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Id rather prep and have a colonoscopy than listen to that bonehead
The whole telecast looked second rate, and Gumbel sucked.
I bet Chris Collinsworthless runs a close second.
Watching the games on the NFL network with Gumbel was dreadfull. The first few games he sounded as though he had never watched a football game, let alone called one!
“And Gumbel is mumblin’, bumblin’ stumblin’!”
< /Berman off >
I noticed the poor job done by Gumball. I haven’t seen him in a long while after his liberal, racist, and socialist views were detected by the public and he went into a hibernation period. If anything, I thought his past football experience would come into play and he might do alright. I was wrong. He was terrible. His heart is probably not in football anymore. In a case like this, why does he want the job anyway, and why does the NFL keep him?
I never like Collinsworth in the booth or as a studio analyst but lately he’s been growing on me. Still some quirks but every analyst has their quirks. I thought he did a decent job as the color analyst in the Giants/Pats game.
From the article:
“But Gumbel, one of the most talented studio personalities of the last 25 years, is struggling to learn what he should be doing after the network’s two seasons.”
Talented to the Liberals who hire at Network TV.
Gumbel is the worst play-by-play announcer in the history of televised football. He has absolutely no idea what’s happening on the football field, and he lacks the verbal tools to overcome his lack of football knowledge. I can’t believe he’s survived two full seasons calling games for NFL Network.
His old pal, Katie Couric, could call a better game than that left wing pos.
| Terrible | 47% | 14,858 |
| Poor | 24% | 7,597 |
| Fair | 17% | 5,486 |
| Good | 8% | 2,664 |
| Excellent | 4% | 1,410 |
One's a black running back, and the other is a bloated, pompous @$$hat, kinda like Gumbel himself.
I had no dog in this fight, but Gyrant Bumbel’s anti-Giants bias was palpable. From his introduction of Manning as a second-rate quarterback — “more interceptions than touchdowns” — to his disbelief that the Giants were putting their starters on the field (”why would they put their starters at risk?”), he seemed incensed that the Giants would dare play for a victory. What a goofball.
I want to know what down it is, how many yards to go, who the ball was thrown to, or run by, and who made the stop. Anything else is just an annoying noise.
I have to agree. Gumbel and his partner are the absolute worst. Madden and his cohort are soothing voices, you never listen to what they say, but their voices are comforting.
Give me a break guys, I am just a lady giving an opinion on football personalities. LOL!
Oh, I guess that is why mute buttons are so essential.
The only reason he wasn’t rated lower is because there wasn’t a “bag of ass” or “can we kill him?” rating.