Old Talk Show Hosts Never Retire, They Just Move To Russian TV - Just Like Larry King

[Purveyor]

When Larry King announced "it's time to hang up my nightly suspenders" we really shouldn't have believed him. Three years after emotionally leaving CNN he has shocked America by signing up for the Kremlin-backed broadcaster Russia Today (RT).

King stepped down from CNN after the 25th anniversary of Larry King Live and a week in which he interviewed Barack Obama, Bill Gates, Lady Gaga and the basketball star LeBron James. "I can't top this," he said, promising he would spend more time with his kids (the 79-year-old has children of 13 and 14 by his seventh wife).

How desperate must he be to join RT? This is the English-language network that delights in riling Washington by giving a platform to the disparate fringe voices who question the American dream: the angry bloggers, the conspiracy theorists, the dispossessed. It's not what Larry King, or his audience, has been used to.

What a coup for RT! It has landed an American icon, someone who began his landmark CNN show during the Cold War in 1985. The RT version will be called Politics with Larry King, giving the old boy added gravitas.

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http://www.independent.co.uk/news/media/opinion/ian-burrell-old-talk-show-hosts-never-retire-they-just-move-to-russian-tv--just-like-larry-king-8641581.html

[lunasun]

1. we dont have cable but our

public station gives us a lot of RT and Eng AlJazeera so we can stay informed
guess they will run him too
dont know if I will watch
as I never found him that stimulating

[tsuki]

8. You can stream both through a Roku unit. nt

[sabrina 1]

2. RT is one of the best news sources we get. Certainly a lot better than CNN. Al Jazeera and RT

actually cover world news and they have great documentaries.

I always suspected that Larry King was a Democrat. So not surprised to see him go to more 'liberal' news outlet. He can speak more freely now so it should be interesting. RT has lots of good American people like Thom Harmann and Max Kaiser and they have featured Amy Goodman also among others. I've seen more progressive democrats on RT than we will ever see on the MSM here. For some reason they are not allowed apparently on our MSM.

Good for him.

[Rex]

3. BREAKING CNN: Larry King overheard chuckling about the downfall

of America.

[Tom Ripley]

4. RT is only 8 years old; Larry's loves just keep getting younger

[Egalitarian Thug]

5. Never watched that deadbeat piece of shit before, no reason to start. n/t

[David__77]

6. I have a nostalgia and fondness for King.

That's good that he'll be doing what he wants.

[JI7]

7. so do i, and i think he can be an idiot , i liked when i heard he tried to

get CNN to hire Keith Olbermann.

[HiPointDem]

9. hahaha. larry king signed with the rooskies. question is, why would they want him?