<p>Last night on Fox, Sean and Greta were defending King, and blasted CNN for not defending him as well. I googled but nothing came up . What happenned iwth King? Does anybody know? I’m a fan and was impressed that Fox put themselves out there on his behalf.</p>
<p>On March 15, the Wall Street Journal had a very negative article on Larry King, and attacked his show. It talked about his lack of true journalism, just covering sensationalism, crime and celebrity news.</p>
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<p>Personally, I cannot stand the man, and leave the room when my H switches to LKL.</p>
<p>thanks for the info, C.</p>
<p>Journalism “lite”: sensationalism and excessive coverage of murders, abductions, pandemics. Why else the huge coverage of Natalee whatshername, Scott Peterson, the young woman in New York, Michael Jackson, bird flu…and less time spent on real investigative hard news.</p>
<p>Larry King fits right into the fluffy news category. Fox should love him, in that regard.</p>
<p>I agree with the WSJ, Larry does soft pieces and appears to be phoning it in these days. Now the “Larry King” who calls in to the syndicated “Bob and Tom” radio show, HIM I can listen to all day.</p>
<p>I’m not a fan of Larry King, but it’s not even the fact that his show is ‘fluff’. I find him a terrible interviewer, he rarely asks intelligent, or even knowledgeable, questions, let alone probing ones. He doesn’t pay attention to the discussion, and his constant interrupting of his guests is just rude. </p>
<p>CNN is a real mixed-bag when it comes to its anchors/reporters. They have some who are professional, intelligent, and excellent, and others who are downright awful. They seem to be focussing on the latter recently, e.g, Paula Zahn, Soledad O’Brien, Nancy Grace, Larry King, Wolf Blitzer, to the almost exclusion of the others, Jeanne Meserve, Heidi Collins, Jeff Greenfield, Aaron Brown (one of the best that they let get away), Kitty Pilgrim, Jack Cafferty.</p>
<p>I don’t watch Larry King as a rule. I have seen his show a few times while channel surfing. And I see no reason that every interviewer must be the same - if so, then the courses in college should read,“No individual identity - follow the program,” or “Do it our way or not at all.” There are people that want a show that gets pure info, not hard-boiled “rip 'em apat” journalism. And if LK fits that slot, so be it. The more variety, the better. A show for everyone. If he doesn’t do what you want, don’t watch. There are other shows. Isn’t it all about choice?</p>
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<p>I am right with you about Aaron Brown. I wrote them in protest when they ditched him. </p>
<p>I do get tired of the “true crime” focus of CNN as a whole, and Larry King in particular, but sometimes like his guests, and am not particularly bothered by his interview style. I do get hacked when he interrupts the callers with “Well what’s the QUEStion??”</p>
<p>momofthree, I, too, fired off a letter to CNN when they fired Aaron Brown. I was so disappointed in their decision. Aaron was such a wonderful anchor, a man full of dignity, whose wonderful intellect was matched by his heart. I remember watching him on 9/11, and continuing to tune in to his show after that. His calm and reassuring manner in reporting the news was unique, in my opinion. I was sad to see him go, and felt the same about their decision to dump Bill Hemmer last summer.</p>
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Sorry to disagree, but the guy was horrible. His rating were also terrible. They had to let him go. I am not sure Anderson Cooper is that much better, however. I am not sure I want my journalists (e.g. Cooper) crying like babies on the air.</p>
<p>aaron brown?
<gag> he made local news in Seattle unwatchable- it was a blessing we dont’ have CNN!</gag></p>
<p>Aaron Brown was torture to watch…and liberally biased to boot. I hadn’t even realised that Bill Hemmer was let go. I wonder why.</p>
<p>If Aaron Brown’s ratings were horrible, and Paula Zahn’s are wonderful, I’ll gladly be with Aaron in the minority.</p>
<p>How about Dana Bash??? Could it get any worse than her??? Yikes. </p>
<p>Personally, I like Lou Dobbs a lot. I don’t always agree with him, but the guys got some guts at least.</p>
<p>I call the show “Larry King Dead,” for that is what it truly is.</p>
<p>Aaron Brown was let go because he was intelligent, perceptive, and humane, all of which clashed with CNN’s change of programming direction in a desire to emulate Faux News.</p>
<p>Letting Judy Woodruff go was not a good sign either.</p>
<p>Larry King IS rude and embodies cynicism. Oh…wait a minute, if he is a cynic now then he must have been an idealist at one time – right? He must have had an AWFUL life to arrive at where he is now! Is the fact that he has been married SEVEN times any clue…?</p>