Larry King Is No Fan of Social Media: “I Love Newspapers,” He Says

by Nisha Chittal | 4:02 pm, November 14th, 2010

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At the recent Nevada Cancer Institute gala, CNN anchor Larry King, who leaves his long-running show in December, waxed nostalgic about newspaper and the old way of consuming news — and said that he doesn’t care much for Twitter, Facebook, or other social media. The Las Vegas Sun reports:

“I love newspapers,” he said before Thursday night’s “Rock for the Cure” charity dinner and auction at Aria, which King emceed. The event is the annual benefit for Nevada Cancer Institute. “I like the feel of print. I like talking on the phone (cradling an imaginary receiver for emphasis). I don’t text.”

King does have a Twitter account, @kingsthings, with nearly 1.8 million followers. Huge. But he’s not too interested in that particular account.

“My producers do it,” he said. “My wife s a Twitter freak. She’s sick. But I understand it. I think the movie [“The Social Network”] about Facebook was great.”

King said the progression of social media outlets is to be expected and is an inevitable advancement of society’s technologies and industries.

“It’s like owning a grocery store when AM/PM started. Or having a horse and buggy when cars came out,” he said. “You can’t do anything about it. It’s so spread out, and I’m not sure if the journalism is better. There’s more of it, and everybody’s a journalist now. But it forges more rumors, more heresy, and everybody’s a blogger.”

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Some_Dude

Well, he also witnessed the signing of the Magna Carta.
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cave paintings more his style
BlackWidow

This man is way past time to go. Like so many sports figures why don’t they retire before they have to be dragged off.
http://twitter.com/SailRabbits Magister

Between the Sun’s headline, his wife, producers and the article’s “follow…” footer, Larry’s surrounded.
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BlackWidow said:
Like so many sports figures why don’t they retire before they have to be dragged off.

Actually, sports figures are accountable for their performance on the field and won’t be around long if they don’t perform. I was thinking a better comparison would be with Congressman who stay into their nineties.
RobDavis

I’m with Larry on this one with the newspaper. Gotta have it for the crossword puzzles and cryptogram!
Pablo

But it forges more rumors, more heresy, and everybody’s a blogger.

More heresy? No wonder everybody’s so cranky all the time.
BlackWidow

Fox News: Better that we sell Hate than Crack said:
Actually, sports figures are accountable for their performance on the field and won’t be around long if they don’t perform. I was thinking a better comparison would be with Congressman who stay into their nineties.

You are right about it when it comes to pols but I guess I was thinking about Bret now and the mess he has created and my team Miami. Dan Marino played a some really ugly games to many before he gave it all up.
hello11

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http://www.facebook.com/people/David-Mangan/100000213524770 David Mangan

“Bret now and the mess he has created” Oh yeah. If you were a real Fin Fan you’d have noticed that the whole brouhaha with Brett and the phone-photo came up THE WEEK BEFORE THE JETS/VIKINGS GAME. Photos over two years old with no follow-up and from a Jets “massage” skankette and BlackWidow has no suspicions?

Fits with the rest of her mindless posts.
http://www.facebook.com/people/David-Mangan/100000213524770 David Mangan

Oh, and while I’m at it, I used to get a huge kick out of Larry’s book reviews like “a must read” and “fantastic” when you knew he hadn’t even cracked the cover, let alone read a single word.
Nachi

King is correct. Social Media is strictly for the rancid masses who are completely lifeless. Stupid beyond description.