Larry King is an idiot

By Michael J.W. Stickings

Sorry. That's a bit harsh. He's old, maybe even a bit senile, and certainly tired, or so it appears. And he's been a force on radio and TV for a long, long time. And he may just be stuck in his ways, the ways of "old" media. So maybe it's not his fault. Maybe he doesn't understand. Maybe he just doesn't get it. I mean, it's clear he doesn't prepare for his interviews. It's clear he doesn't research his guests. That's bad enough. But you'd think someone at the epicenter of politics and culture, someone who has on the leading lights of the day and is himself newsworthy because those in the news and the makers of news and the breakers of news come on his show would make a greater effort to keep up with the times. No?

No. For it seems that Larry King has never used the Internet. "I've never done it, never gone searching," he told Roseanne the other day. "What do you punch little buttons and things?" he asked.

Uh, yeah. Go back to sleep, Larry.

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