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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
FEBRUARY 16, 2006
CONTACT: TIM SCHEIDERER OR COLLEEN O’BOYLE AT 703.683.5004

STATEMENT FROM MRC PRESIDENT
BRENT BOZELL REGARDING
RACIST COMMENTS BY BRYANT GUMBEL
 

A paucity of blacks makes the Winter Games look like a GOP convention.”
Bryant Gumbel on Real Sports with Bryant Gumbel, 2.7.06

 

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Alexandria, VA—Media Research Center President Brent Bozell issued the following statement regarding Bryant Gumbel’s racist comments about the Olympics looking like a Republican Party convention due to its lack of black athletes.

“Gumbel’s remarks reek of racism and arrogance,” said Bozell. “On HBO’s Real Sports with Bryant Gumbel, he actually said we should ‘try not to laugh when someone says these are the world’s greatest athletes, despite a paucity of blacks that makes the Winter Games look like a GOP convention.’ That’s racial bean-counting. It’s also morally skewed because it says that to be among the greatest athletes you have to be black.


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“What if Gumbel had said ‘a paucity of whites makes the NBA look like a Democratic convention?’ Rush Limbaugh was roundly denounced by the media when he made allegedly racist remarks about a football player. So where are the media condemnations now against Gumbel?

“Judging people by race is just plain wrong. Will HBO have the temerity to – at a minimum – publicly reprimand Gumbel for his racist statements or will they cower to a has-been who has proven he can’t hold a job in network news?”

To schedule an interview with MRC President Bozell or another MRC spokesperson, please contact Tim Scheiderer (x. 126) or Colleen O’Boyle (x. 122) at 703.683.5004.

 


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