I think it could be a "great" piece of journalism meaning that it was very long but I don't think it was anything special.
Honestly Gumbel sounds like an awful, unsocial person and I don't think I would enjoy being around them. Given how he treated people in his life, thats how I understand what he means.
I think Reilly probably interview Gumbel's mom and also other people in Gumbel's life. He also needed to do some background information and also probably watched old news videos.
I think that the article was balanced because it gave all opinions on Gumbel and not just the good and bad things.
This article wasn't abstract, it was just about a family with daddy issues except for the favorite son and how that affected Gumbel's personality.
The article probably didn't show all of his personality because writers are always biased even just a little bit.
The purpose was to show a more in depth understanding of who Gumbel was.
The reader gains more knowledge of Gumbel and his life and what he went through to act that certain way.
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