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Larry King, the host of the American CNN broadcast’s signature talk show, died on the 23rd (local time), CNN Broadcasting and the Associated Press reported. The photo shows attending the 2011 Seoul Digital Forum press conference. yunhap news
Larry King, the legendary talk show host of CNN in the United States, died on the 23rd (local time) at the age of 87. His trademarks include large glasses, suspenders, and half-rolled shirt sleeves. From 1985 to 2010, he hosted CNN’s’Larry King Live’ and gained worldwide fame through interviews with numerous celebrities.
□ He has been working as a radio and broadcast host for more than 50 years, including CNN, and he interviewed about 50,000 people. Richard Nixon, Barack Obama, Mikhail Gorbachev, Vladimir Putin, Yasser Arafat, Nelson Mandela, Dalai Lama, Bill Gates, Monica Lewinsky, OJ Simpson, etc. Born in 1980 as a 24-hour news channel, his talk show, who was the protagonist of growing CNN into a global medium, served as a window for Koreans to see the world as well.
□ The reason that his current affairs talk show was successful is because it drew the interviewee’s honest answer in a friendly atmosphere. He said he did not prepare an agenda for interviews in advance and did not investigate. With all of his high school education, he did not lose his curiosity while faithful to the role he listened to. The peculiar question was simply “Why.” Unbiased questions were sometimes rooted and sometimes laughter. He said to the Dalai Lama, “Are you praying? If so, who would you do?” His talk show was also called’infotainment’ where information and entertainment intersect.
However, he also lost its light as TV current affairs programs that clearly reveal political colors gained popularity. As viewer ratings fell due to the conservatives’ Fox News and progressives’ MSNBC’s talk show, the 25-year-old CNN signboard program eventually closed. Viewers want the host to have a clearer political opinion and pursue the interviewee. As the goal of political conflict in the United States deepens, his young-nak gives a bitter lingering lingering lingering to the trend that the partisan orientation of TV programs has grown stronger.
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