# Congratulations Larry King! You win the insensitive ass award! **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [April 18, 2007, 6:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/congratulations-larry-king-you-win-the-insensitive-ass-award/400659 "2007-04-18T18:02:14Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![The\_Flying\_Dutchman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/9fc348/32.png) [@The\_Flying\_Dutchman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Flying_Dutchman)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2007, 11:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/congratulations-larry-king-you-win-the-insensitive-ass-award/400659/21 "2007-04-18T23:44:57Z")
What !!!??? we are now pitting Lrry King.? Well I have to interject. Larry King is the only newsman I know, the one one! and I really mean that, the only one who can discuss the news and ask the questions and you don’t feel like someone is urging you on with his specific opinion. Fuck this! You want to pit an endangered species ? Everybody, please, have you ever noticed a newsman/commentator/newshost who is so non-juidgemental ? Still he asks the tough questions and excuses himself by pleading responsibility on behalf of a contrary populace. There’s no hate in that man. There is a huge respect for **all** people. Do you think Mike Wallace’s style serves you better? ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2007, 11:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/congratulations-larry-king-you-win-the-insensitive-ass-award/400659/22 "2007-04-18T23:48:47Z")
[QUOTE=The Flying Dutchman] Everybody, please, have you ever noticed a newsman/commentator/newshost who is so non-juidgemental ? [/quote] Clueless is not the same as non-judgmental, and Larry King isn’t a newsman, he’s a talk show host. > [@](#): > > There’s no hate in that man. There is a huge respect for **all** people. Nobody called him hateful. Stupid, yes, tactless… I meant to call him a leech and a tabloid whore in my previous post… but you’re defending him against something nobody said. ---
**Author:** ![LilShieste](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/9f8e36/32.png) [@LilShieste](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LilShieste)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2007, 12:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/congratulations-larry-king-you-win-the-insensitive-ass-award/400659/23 "2007-04-19T00:53:01Z")
[QUOTE=Larry Mudd] I tried to find a transcript earlier with no luck, but I can lamely offer a few more details. [/QUOTE] Here’s a transcript of a similar incident. I don’t know if it’s the same one that you’re describing, but seems pretty close. > **[CNN.com - Transcripts](https://transcripts.cnn.com/show/lkl/date/2004-04-07/segment/00)** > [@](#): > > From the transcript: > POLLY MITCHELL: Well, yes. Charlie Vendetti, the officer who helped me get out, he came and did an interview with me at the home. And within a matter of minutes after the interview, he had warrants. Because by the time he got from the room that we were interviewing in to the parking lot, he had the warrants for him already. And they were going to find him. > > LARRY KING: He didn’t try to run away or anything? > > MITCHELL: He didn’t know he did anything wrong. He doesn’t realize what he did to us. > > KING: You’re saying he still doesn’t think he did anything wrong? > > MITCHELL: I don’t think he does, not if he told me I was going to hell when we were in the courtroom. > > KING: So he would say what? He was protecting his family? He was just being a good father? Good husband. > > MITCHELL: I would suppose so. > > KING: After all, he made love to you five or six times a day. > > MITCHELL: Not really “made love” but yes. > > KING: You wouldn’t call it love? > > MITCHELL: No. > > KING: He made force to you, five or six times a day. > > We’ll finish up our saga of Polly Mitchell and this extraordinary story, right after this. (I’ve underlined the relevant part) LilShieste ---
**Author:** ![Miller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/miller/32/481_2.png) [@Miller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miller)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2007, 1:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/congratulations-larry-king-you-win-the-insensitive-ass-award/400659/24 "2007-04-19T01:02:48Z")
I think it’s clear that King has not won the insensitive ass award. He has merely succesfully defended his title. ---
**Author:** ![Larry\_Mudd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/f14d63/32.png) [@Larry\_Mudd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Larry_Mudd)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2007, 1:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/congratulations-larry-king-you-win-the-insensitive-ass-award/400659/25 "2007-04-19T01:49:36Z")
[QUOTE=LilShieste] Here’s a transcript of a similar incident. I don’t know if it’s the same one that you’re describing, but seems pretty close. [/QUOTE] Nope, that’s not the one – that’s another one, from around the same time, it seems. “Made force?” WTF? Does he just not like to say the word “rape?” How the hell does that happen _twice?_ I mean, I’m pretty sure after the first time one of the producers or some other interested soul would pull him aside and say, “You know, Larry-- rape and lovemaking aren’t really equivalent, and if you use the terms interchangably people may think you’re some kind of freaky, fucked-up sociopath, and that could be bad for ratings.” 😕 …and CNN is on because morbid curiousity compells me to look at whatever was in the package that Cho sent to NBC news. “Oh, crap, I get home from work just in time for _Larry King Live_.” He’s interviewing the brother of a girl who is hospitalized for her injuries. Out of the blue: “Does she have any survivor’s guilt? Does she wonder why she was allowed to survive when so many died?” I don’t know, Larry… have you ever considered suicide? Do you ever feel like you are a complete waste of oxygen? ---
**Author:** ![Miller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/miller/32/481_2.png) [@Miller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miller)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2007, 1:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/congratulations-larry-king-you-win-the-insensitive-ass-award/400659/26 "2007-04-19T01:51:12Z")
[QUOTE=Larry Mudd] Nope, that’s not the one – that’s another one, from around the same time, it seems. “Made force?” WTF? Does he just not like to say the word “rape?” [/QUOTE] “Made rape?” ---
**Author:** ![Larry\_Mudd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/f14d63/32.png) [@Larry\_Mudd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Larry_Mudd)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2007, 1:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/congratulations-larry-king-you-win-the-insensitive-ass-award/400659/27 "2007-04-19T01:59:35Z")
[QUOTE=The Flying Dutchman] Fuck this! You want to pit an endangered species ? […] Do you think Mike Wallace’s style serves you better? [/QUOTE] Yes, Mike Wallace’s style is much better - but there’s really no comparison. Mike Wallace is a journalist. Larry King isn’t an endangered species, he’s a fucking fossil. > [@Miller](#): > > “Made rape?” _spit take_ ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2007, 2:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/congratulations-larry-king-you-win-the-insensitive-ass-award/400659/28 "2007-04-19T02:00:25Z")
[QUOTE=Larry Mudd] Larry King isn’t an endangered species, he’s a fucking fossil. [/QUOTE] Besides, _endangered_ makes it sound like it would be a loss if he disappeared. ---
**Author:** ![Larry\_Mudd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/f14d63/32.png) [@Larry\_Mudd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Larry_Mudd)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2007, 2:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/congratulations-larry-king-you-win-the-insensitive-ass-award/400659/29 "2007-04-19T02:09:43Z")
Not insensitive, just retarded: Found [this](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=6620058&postcount=39) on a search, and had forgotten all about it. > [@Larry Mudd](#): > > …last night, after a meteorologist mentioned the tornados that accompanied Rita, Larry King asked him, deadpan: > > “Are these tornados natural occurrences?” > > WTF? > > “No, Larry-- We believe that aliens are attacking the earth with weather-control rays – or maybe it was voodoo.” > > Seriously, why the hell is this senescent wreck still on the air? ---
**Author:** ![Cat\_Whisperer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cat_whisperer/32/4839_2.png) [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2007, 4:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/congratulations-larry-king-you-win-the-insensitive-ass-award/400659/30 "2007-04-19T04:41:22Z")
[QUOTE=Larry Mudd] Nope, that’s not the one – that’s another one, from around the same time, it seems. “Made force?” WTF? Does he just not like to say the word “rape?”\ [/QUOTE] “How did you feel when he canola-ed you?” I think Larry King would have to work much harder to give a shit to be accused of hate. ETA: On seeing **Larry’s** latest post - again, don’t attribute to malice what can adequately be explained by stupidity. ---
**Author:** ![Shamozzle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9f8e36/32.png) [@Shamozzle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shamozzle)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2007, 5:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/congratulations-larry-king-you-win-the-insensitive-ass-award/400659/31 "2007-04-19T05:23:51Z")
I love this thread. And tonight, even simple things like this drive me nuts: Larry, to a victim’s friend: “Where was she shot?” (What the fuck did you say, you moron? EVERYONE in broadcasting knows that the only female NOT shot in Norris Hall was Emily J. Hilscher.) Victim’s Friend:"…Norris Hall…" Fuck Larry, stay with the tour… ---
**Author:** ![furt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/439d5e/32.png) [@furt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/furt)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2007, 6:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/congratulations-larry-king-you-win-the-insensitive-ass-award/400659/32 "2007-04-19T06:04:35Z")
[QUOTE=Dewey Finn] But imagine yourself in their shoes; You’ve got to interview someone who was there. [/QUOTE] No, they fucking don’t. There is no journalistic obligation to stick stressed-out 20 year olds on national TV. Viewers would be much better served by interviewing, say, a cop who was familiar with the entire case and had interviewed several of the students. ---
**Author:** ![Kyla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/eada6e/32.png) [@Kyla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kyla)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2007, 7:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/congratulations-larry-king-you-win-the-insensitive-ass-award/400659/33 "2007-04-19T07:01:32Z")
This is my favorite Larry King transcript, because Jon Stewart actually said what everyone is _thinking_. > [@](#): > > STEWART: Yes, I prefer not the fodder. I’m not – we’re not the guys at the craps table betting against the line. I would – we’d make fun of something else. If public life, if government suddenly became inspiring and moved towards people’s better nature and began to solve problems in a rational way rather than just a way that involved political dividends, we would be the happiest people in the world to turn our attention to idiots like, you know, media people, no offense. > > KING: So, you don’t want it to be bad? > > STEWART: Did you really just ask me if I want it to be bad? > > KING: Yes because you… > > STEWART: What are you – I have kids what do you think? Yes, I don’t want them to have any kind of a – I want things to corrode to the point where we’re all living in huts. > > KING: Not all living in huts but generally comics political comics like things to go a little wrong, don’t have to be the end of the world. > > STEWART: Like things to go a little wrong like birdshot to the face of a guy that will survive. > > KING: That’s right. > > STEWART: Not like things to go wrong until it’s like Mad Max, every man for himself, let’s all ride around with machineguns on, which seems to be the way that it’s… > > KING: You don’t want Medicare to fail? > > STEWART: Are you insane? > > KING: No. You sure about that, Larry? Transcript from [CNN](http://transcripts.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/0602/27/lkl.01.html). ---
**Author:** ![Shamozzle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9f8e36/32.png) [@Shamozzle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shamozzle)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2007, 7:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/congratulations-larry-king-you-win-the-insensitive-ass-award/400659/34 "2007-04-19T07:17:57Z")
Holy Shit, that is Comedy Gold. ---
**Author:** ![RedRosesForMe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/91b2a8/32.png) [@RedRosesForMe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RedRosesForMe)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2007, 9:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/congratulations-larry-king-you-win-the-insensitive-ass-award/400659/35 "2007-04-19T09:39:45Z")
KING: That’s where you were beaten? MEILI: Yes. And I have, from the surgery to repair my eye that was crushed in, I have a scar that goes from, you know, one ear to the other, but you can’t see because of my hair. And I was going to I lost my sense of smell, so… **KING: Meaning you can’t smell bacon.** MEILI: I can’t smell anything. KING: Can’t smell anything. I’m going to have to say, idiot. Probably no malice, just idiocy. ---
**Author:** ![OneCentStamp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/13edae/32.png) [@OneCentStamp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OneCentStamp)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2007, 12:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/congratulations-larry-king-you-win-the-insensitive-ass-award/400659/36 "2007-04-19T12:55:43Z")
[QUOTE=RedRosesForMe] KING: That’s where you were beaten? MEILI: Yes. And I have, from the surgery to repair my eye that was crushed in, I have a scar that goes from, you know, one ear to the other, but you can’t see because of my hair. And I was going to I lost my sense of smell, so… **KING: Meaning you can’t smell bacon.** MEILI: I can’t smell anything. KING: Can’t smell anything. I’m going to have to say, idiot. Probably no malice, just idiocy. [/QUOTE] WTF? Is this Larry King conducting the interview, or Homer Simpson? :dubious: ---
**Author:** ![Shamozzle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9f8e36/32.png) [@Shamozzle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shamozzle)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2007, 1:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/congratulations-larry-king-you-win-the-insensitive-ass-award/400659/37 "2007-04-19T13:09:31Z")
[QUOTE=OneCentStamp] WTF? Is this Larry King conducting the interview, or Homer Simpson? :dubious: [/QUOTE] Homer’s his understudy. They don’t like to use him because he shorts out the microphone when he drools. …MMmmmmmm…Silver Thing… ---
**Author:** ![Kalhoun](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/3bc359/32.png) [@Kalhoun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kalhoun)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2007, 1:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/congratulations-larry-king-you-win-the-insensitive-ass-award/400659/38 "2007-04-19T13:13:50Z")
Back in the day he was an interesting interview. Lately though, he seems like hardening of the arteries is seriously affecting the oxygen flow to the brain. ---
**Author:** ![you\_with\_the\_face](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/ecccb3/32.png) [@you\_with\_the\_face](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/you_with_the_face)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2007, 1:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/congratulations-larry-king-you-win-the-insensitive-ass-award/400659/39 "2007-04-19T13:14:11Z")
I’m reading these transcripts, scratching my head, wondering how in the hell this man is still on the air. These interviews read like something out of Ali G show. ---
**Author:** ![Steve\_MB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/steve_mb/32/5339_2.png) [@Steve\_MB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Steve_MB)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2007, 1:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/congratulations-larry-king-you-win-the-insensitive-ass-award/400659/40 "2007-04-19T13:29:06Z")
[QUOTE=OneCentStamp] WTF? Is this Larry King conducting the interview, or Homer Simpson? :dubious: [/QUOTE] Larry fired Homer. He was jealous of Homer’s superior intellect. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/congratulations-larry-king-you-win-the-insensitive-ass-award/400659.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/congratulations-larry-king-you-win-the-insensitive-ass-award/400659.md?page=3)