The spat between liberal hero Michael Moore and CNN’s chief medical correspondent Dr. Sanjay Gupta actually began with a report by Gupta questioning much of Moore’s documentary Sicko, which championed universal health care in other countries and criticized how it was run in the United States. Before he went on Larry King Live, Moore had a tete-a-tete with CNN’s Wolf Blitzer, who tried to defend Gupta’s reporting. Later, Moore and Gupta went mano a mano on King’s show, where Moore continued to rip into Gupta’s reporting and King did his best to play referee. The real winner in this fiery debate, however, were the show’s viewers.
Top 10 Larry King Moments
In his tenure as host of the eponymous CNN interview show Larry King Live, the King has conducted some 50,000 interviews with persons of the moment. As he hangs up his suspenders, TIME takes a look at his most memorable moments from a quarter-century on air.
