Can a TV news anchor talk and run the teleprompter at the same time? I'd like to see Obama try it. But try it they are at Fox's WTTG TV in DC to save $$$$.
Anchors multitasking with their feet on a teleprompter pedal will be nothing but trouble. This is what happens when a teleprompter rebels:
"..he did something good..."
ReplyDeleteQuick witted and smooth.
He goes both ways.
As a former print journalist - y'know the real reporters - I spit on your blowdryer.
sorry but that has been SOP in small market TV for a number of years. they also do it well.
ReplyDeletePresident Obama seems to require a prompter for every decision he makes, which is probably why he so desperately wanted to keep his Crackberry on his belt.
ReplyDeleteI'm thinking for most anchors operating their own teleprompter would be somewhat like driving a car while txting on a cell phone - sooner or later there's gonna be a wreck. Ah, now I see how Obama ties in with this story.
On a totally unrelated note - Looking over along the right side of the Chickaboomer web page... you got some nice twits, ChickieBoo.
My daughter started in a real small market and not only read the news, she ran the teleprompter after she wrote the story and blocked the news cast. That was after she worked on at least one package and pulled and edited material from the national wire.
ReplyDeleteI doubt any small market anchor will shed a tear for a the major market guys who will have to press on a pedal again.
I wonder if all Fox-owned TV stations will go to this now that DC's WTTG Fox5 is training anchors to run their own 'prompters. I never could have done it back in the day.
ReplyDeleteBack in the day, Marty, didn't you have a run-in with a balky prompter once?
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