http://newsbusters.org/node/4057
There were some eye-opening remarks from Bryant Gumbel on the most recent episode of HBO's Real Sports With Bryant Gumbel. According to a transcript posted by a television columnist named Seth Frelich, Gumbel said the following in his closing monologue last week (emphasis mine):
"Finally, tonight, the Winter Games. Count me among those who donât like them and wonât watch them ... Because theyâre so trying, maybe over the next three weeks we should all try too. Like, try not to be incredulous when someone attempts to link these games to those of the ancient Greeks who never heard of skating or skiing. So try not to laugh when someone says these are the worldâs greatest athletes, despite a paucity of blacks that makes the Winter Games look like a GOP convention. Try not to point out that somethingâs not really a sport if a pseudo-athlete waits in whatâs called a kiss-and-cry area, while some panel of subjective judges decides who won ... So if only to hasten the arrival of the day theyâre done, when we can move on to March Madness â for Godâs sake, let the games begin."
Jimmy the Greek was fired 20 years ago for something much lighter. This story has been completely swept under the rug.
Surprising? Not really. We are too liberal in this country to actually voice our opinions unless they are the PC thought of the day, and we kiss too much minority a.s. I'm sure that most liberals here will not agree with this and will possibly even be upset by it. OTOH, the more conservative members of the LL (I believe the last count was 6 1/2 conservative members) already know this anyway, so I am not breaking new ground here, I know.
However I just wanted to give a nice example of the way things are today. Imagine Bob Costas saying that there are too many blacks in the Summer Olympics and that it looks like an NAACP convention.
Edit - I forgot to mention that his wife is white, heh.
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There were some eye-opening remarks from Bryant Gumbel on the most recent episode of HBO's Real Sports With Bryant Gumbel. According to a transcript posted by a television columnist named Seth Frelich, Gumbel said the following in his closing monologue last week (emphasis mine):
"Finally, tonight, the Winter Games. Count me among those who donât like them and wonât watch them ... Because theyâre so trying, maybe over the next three weeks we should all try too. Like, try not to be incredulous when someone attempts to link these games to those of the ancient Greeks who never heard of skating or skiing. So try not to laugh when someone says these are the worldâs greatest athletes, despite a paucity of blacks that makes the Winter Games look like a GOP convention. Try not to point out that somethingâs not really a sport if a pseudo-athlete waits in whatâs called a kiss-and-cry area, while some panel of subjective judges decides who won ... So if only to hasten the arrival of the day theyâre done, when we can move on to March Madness â for Godâs sake, let the games begin."
Jimmy the Greek was fired 20 years ago for something much lighter. This story has been completely swept under the rug.
Surprising? Not really. We are too liberal in this country to actually voice our opinions unless they are the PC thought of the day, and we kiss too much minority a.s. I'm sure that most liberals here will not agree with this and will possibly even be upset by it. OTOH, the more conservative members of the LL (I believe the last count was 6 1/2 conservative members) already know this anyway, so I am not breaking new ground here, I know.
However I just wanted to give a nice example of the way things are today. Imagine Bob Costas saying that there are too many blacks in the Summer Olympics and that it looks like an NAACP convention.
Edit - I forgot to mention that his wife is white, heh.
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