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Meghan Daum says Larry King shouldn’t be held up as a shining example of the good old days of television news simply because he didn’t throw tantrums or yell at his guests. “That suggests audiences are only interested in personalities who inhabit the far extremes of the behavioral spectrum; that we want either catfights or coddling, softballs or hardballs that break your nose.” || King’s worst moments.
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