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Gumbel: I was duped
Greg Gumbel was tricked by a television producer into taping introductions for infomercials -- footage the CBS Sports broadcaster thought would be used for educational programs, according to a federal lawsuit. Gumbel, who hosts CBS' coverage of the NCAA men's basketball tournament, filed the lawsuit Tuesday in U.S. District Court in Fort Lauderdale. Paul Douglas Scott, owner of the Deerfield Beach-based Encore Television Group Inc., did not tell Gumbel the introductions would be used to promote products ranging from time-shares to tools, the lawsuit says. Scott approached Gumbel and his agent in 2007 with a deal to introduce educational and news-oriented programming that would be produced by Encore, according to the lawsuit. Scott told Gumbel they would be producing 2-minute education stories called "Eye on America."
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Did he get paid? I can understand the "duped" part if he did the spots for free becaue it was for educational programs. But if he got some coin, he should ****.
GatorBaitor
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shut the hell up
GatorBaitor
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This will really tarnish his body of work.
Dr. B-f-G
Bubbaville, TX
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I smell a another exciting episode of "Gumbel to Gumbel"!
The Unit
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He is, after all, the most respected sports journalist, after Harry Carrey, that is.
GatorBaitor
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Thanks for this post...I wrote an in-depth story on this case a day before the lawsuit was filed. MsM did not bother to mention they were scooped by a blogger! See StinkyJournalism.org.http://www.stinkyjournalism.org/latest-journalism-new s-updates-148.php.
Turner Broadcasting (aka CNN Headline News) already told Time Warner Cable to take the infomercials down! Read more at StinkyJournalism dot org
RhondaRShearer
New York , NY
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Thanks for this post...I wrote an in-depth story on this case a day before the lawsuit was filed. MsM did not bother to mention they were scooped by a blogger! See StinkyJournalism.org.http://www.stinkyjournalism.org/latest-journalism-new s-updates-148.php.
Turner Broadcasting (aka CNN Headline News) already told Time Warner Cable to take the infomercials down! Read more at StinkyJournalism dot org
RhondaRShearer
New York , NY
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I thought this WAS StinkyJournalism.org!
Dr. B-f-G
Bubbaville, TX
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Hey look at me, look at my blog, hey, over here.
You are writting an in depth blog on a shafted Gumbel. Woodward and Bernstein are amatures.
GatorBaitor
Total Comments (2395)
and Lee Corso.
VolFanHenry
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Oh **** me. That's good.
Huitzilopochtli
Hilbert Space, NM
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We've been "duped" by the Gumbels.....so I guess we'll call it even and go our happy ways!
flanders111
Lompoc , CA
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Imagine. We found someone who actually has to scratch balls to work up to our Title IX troll.
The levels of Hell we never envisioned. Well let's see what we caught back in our webs on the Carroll thread...
Huitzilopochtli
Hilbert Space, NM
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For a minute I thought he said he was a dope.
USAFBamafan
Lajes, Azores, PO
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Gumbel: I'm incredibly easy to dupe.
Seriously, how hard was this?
Huitzilopochtli
Hilbert Space, NM
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Thank you Henry for reminding us that under the bottom of the barrel is Lee.
Huitzilopochtli
Hilbert Space, NM
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Greg - you will always be Bryant's fat a-s-s brother.
GatorBaitor
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To the tune of the Sopranos theme song
"Woke up this morning and duped myself a Gumbel"
GatorBaitor
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Back in 1989, I drank a fifth of vodka in about 30 minutes, the next morning, I duped a Gumbel all over my apartment.
GatorBaitor
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The sad thing he was duped as part of the deal to buy Girl Scout cookies this year.
Huitzilopochtli
Hilbert Space, NM
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