Larry King Needs to Be Removed from TV

This ancient lizard with the diapers has got to go!

He's been doing the news for HOW long now? And he just said "Bombay, Mumbai, what's the difference...when did Bombay become Mumbai"?

wake the fuck up, old man!

:end rant:

(just realized that this could go in the rant/rave thread too)

Ok, I"m not the only one who thought this was screwed up:

http://www.nypost.com/seven/11302008/gossip/pagesix/keep_it_moving_141437.htm

1996

ya know, the average person might not know when/why people started calling it Mumbai, but this man is a journalist on an international news channel. Pathetic.

For bonus marks: a Southeast Asian country changed its official name in English in 1989. Should I go with the governments of continental Europe, Russia, China, and Japan, all its ASEAN neighbors, not to mention the New York Times, and use the new name, or stick with the governments of the US, Canada, UK, Australia, not to mention the BBC and keep using the old name?

I'm guessing Burma/Myanmar, though I'm not 100% certain of the year.

What do I win? Can I be an international journalist now?

Yes it's Burma/Myanmar. You only win if you can make a case for one or the other so compelling, that it will convince those governments and news outlets on the other side to change their errant ways.

Next question: someone tells you they're Macedonian. Are you more likely to risk violence by assuming they're Greek, or from the former Yugoslavia?

Assuming they are Greek - the whole history, naming of Macedonia (former republic of Yogoslavia ...whatever that acronym is they were forced to use).

that's my guess...but if you keep going, you are sure to stump me very soon

You know, Istanbul was Constantinople -- but now it's Istanbul, not Constantinople.

Been a long time gone, Constantinople, but now it's Turkish delight on a moonlight night...

assume they meant "macadamian", and cover them with toffee and chocolate.

re: mumbai (which i think isn't guaranteed to avoid offense but will at least avoid offending the shiv sena party, which is a good start, safety-wise): what part of new york is named for someone who was given the city? what part is named for the person on whose behalf it was given?

That's a tricky one. I'm not sure, but I'm fairly certain it can't be Chelsea, because that was named in honor of the former first daughter. Maybe it has something to do with the second Dutch-Anglo war of 1665-1667.

it's not wholly unrelated to the second dutch-anglo war (what is?), but think a smidge earlier.

a couple of states are named for a parent of one of the aforementioned people. (no, not dakota fanning.)

Not Queen Califa either, but royal none the less, I'm guessing.

good guess.

i'll add that these aren't insignificant or little-known areas of ny. i'd put money on everyone on the board (+/- sebastian vonk) having heard of them.