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It was first popularized by former President [[Herbert Hoover]] at a [[Republican]] national convention, when he gave the secret away by complaining to a national audience that the teleprompter needed to restart the scrolling of the text after he paused to improvise. | It was first popularized by former President [[Herbert Hoover]] at a [[Republican]] national convention, when he gave the secret away by complaining to a national audience that the teleprompter needed to restart the scrolling of the text after he paused to improvise. | ||
| − | President [[Barack Obama]] has had difficulty speaking without the assistance of a teleprompter, making frequent bloopers and saying embarrassing things. | + | President [[Barack Obama]] has had difficulty speaking without the assistance of a teleprompter, making frequent bloopers and saying embarrassing things.<ref>http://www.teleprompterobama.com/</ref> |
==References== | ==References== | ||
Revision as of 03:32, May 13, 2011
A teleprompter is an electronic imaging system that enables speakers and newscasters to look into the television camera (or at a live audience) and read the text of prepared remarks without the viewers realizing it. It operates like a one-way mirror, with the reflection of text scrolling on the screen for the speaker and the viewers seeing through the text like a transparent mirror.
Presidential Popularity
It was first popularized by former President Herbert Hoover at a Republican national convention, when he gave the secret away by complaining to a national audience that the teleprompter needed to restart the scrolling of the text after he paused to improvise.
President Barack Obama has had difficulty speaking without the assistance of a teleprompter, making frequent bloopers and saying embarrassing things.[1]
