I just can’t be nice about him. He was a bad interviewer with no scruples. I didn’t wish him dead; I feel for his family; but he was a two-faced ass who gave journalists and long form interviews a bad name.
On Sat, Jan 23, 2021 at 7:17 AM Tom Wolper <[email protected]> wrote: > On Sat, Jan 23, 2021 at 9:52 AM Phineas Gage <[email protected]> wrote: > >> “Larry King, the suspendered impresario of cable television whose popular >> CNN interview program — with its guest-friendly questions and >> conversational banter — was a premier safe haven for the famous and >> infamous to spill their secrets, hype their projects and soften their >> image, died Jan. 23 at a hospital in Los Angeles. He was 87.” >> >> >> >> https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/obituaries/larry-king-tv-host-who-gave-boldface-names-a-cozy-forum-dies-at-87/2021/01/23/a1178fc2-4eaa-11eb-bda4-615aaefd0555_story.html >> > > One of the problems with eulogizing someone who had a ridiculously long > career is that what set him apart from the pack in his early years is > forgotten in favor of what he did later in life when he got rich and lazy. > I used to listen to King late at night on Mutual radio in the early 80s and > he was as good a talk radio host as there was. He was engaging and knew how > to ask his guests sharp questions without causing a conflict. It was only > in the mid-90s on CNN that it became clear that he no longer had it but > instead of making him hang it up he was continually given a show for the > next 25 years and that's what now forms his legacy. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "TVorNotTV" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/CAJE-FiETAyW7Eb%3DTiijb9M2kZ8YGCuevhHGjdkbXSwiq5Asr7A%40mail.gmail.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/CAJE-FiETAyW7Eb%3DTiijb9M2kZ8YGCuevhHGjdkbXSwiq5Asr7A%40mail.gmail.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > -- Kevin M. (RPCV) -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TVorNotTV" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/CAKgmY4B3X-q%2BC%2BAex05f0OZkd4k6gGhCUX8feXcQZPHhgZt73Q%40mail.gmail.com.
