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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.

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.

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>  Specifically, President Obama is essentially unable to give a coherent speech or run a press conference unless he can read from a teleprompter.  As Vice President Biden jokingly observed:<ref>http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0312/74027.html</ref>

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>  Specifically, President Obama is essentially unable to give a coherent speech or run a press conference unless he can read from a teleprompter.  As Vice President Biden jokingly observed:<ref>https://www.politico.com/news/stories/0312/74027.html</ref>

{{cquote|What am I going to tell the president when I tell him his teleprompter is broken? '''''What will he do then?'''''}}

{{cquote|What am I going to tell the president when I tell him his teleprompter is broken? '''''What will he do then?'''''}}

==External links==

==External links==

* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FOVSFW7jmqk Obama's teleprompter malfunction video]

* [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FOVSFW7jmqk Obama's teleprompter malfunction video]

[[Category:Television]]

[[Category:Television]]