Larry King: Difference between revisions

In May 2013 [[RT (TV network)|RT America]] announced that King would be anchoring a new talk show on its network. King said in an advertisement on RT: "I would rather ask questions to people in positions of power, instead of speaking on their behalf."<ref> Dylan Byers, [http://www.politico.com/blogs/media/2013/05/larry-king-joins-russian-channel-rt-164941.html Larry King joins Russian channel RT], [[Politico]], May 29, 2013.</ref><ref>[http://rt.com/news/larry-king-joins-rt-873/ RT America to broadcast Larry King's new political show], RT Press release, May 29, 2013.</ref> He also is bringing his [[Hulu]] show ''Larry King Now'' to RT.<ref>Kenneth Rapoza, [http://www.forbes.com/sites/kenrapoza/2013/06/06/larry-king-comes-out-of-retirement-joins-russian-tv/ Larry King Comes Out Of Retirement, Joins Russian TV], [[Forbes]], June 6, 2013.</ref> On June 13, 2013 RT previewed Larry King's new Thursday evening political talk show ''Politicking with Larry King'' with a discussion of [[Edward Snowden]]'s leaking of the [[PRISM (surveillance program)|PRISM surveillance program]].<ref>[http://rt.com/shows/politicking-larry-king/nsa-scandal-snowden-schock-675/ Politicking: Larry King talks NSA scandal fallout], RT.com, June 13, 2013.</ref> King stated in early March 2014, as [[2014 Crimean crisis|RussianCrimea Presidentdeclared Putin moved to takeover Crimeaindependence from Ukraine]], “I don’t work for RT. My podcasts, ''Larry King Now'' and ''Politicking'', are licensed for a fee to RT America by New York-based Ora TV.<ref>[http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2014/03/06/larry-king-s-russian-tv-dilemma-it-would-be-bad-if-they-tried-to-edit-out-things-i-wouldn-t-put-up-with-it.html Larry King's Russian TV Dilemma]; news story on ''The Daily Beast'' online news site, 6 March 2014.</ref>