Definitions
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- noun a
device placed near or on atelevision camera that displaysscrolling text , allowing a person to read a script while appearing to speak spontaneously to the camera
Etymologies
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Examples
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Using a teleprompter is the way politicians have given speeches for a very long time.
Think Progress » Did Palin write the answers to Tea Party Convention questions on her hand? 2010
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What I see live without the teleprompter is a guy intent on giving shout-outs and saying umm, uh, umm quite a bit.
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It's 3: 00 AM, do you know where your teleprompter is and can it make a decision before my next birthday ....
Official: Pentagon preparing to send 34,000 troops to Afghanistan 2009
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Using a teleprompter is the way politicians have given speeches for a very long time.
Think Progress » Did Palin write the answers to Tea Party Convention questions on her hand? 2010
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Though your snide jabs about Obama not being able to string a sentence together without a teleprompter is awesome considering that you seem to be quite an expert in not being able to string a coherent sentence together.
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April 6th, 2010 12: 37 pm ET my only question about Palin's handy 'teleprompter' is 'Who writes her speaches'?
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February 18th, 2010 at 3: 16 pm fixbone says: sad to think that teleprompter is an important issue confronting the american people today
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The myth of the teleprompter is dead – except of course where Bush had Rove beaming his debating script into his ear!!!
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You'd never know, as long as his teleprompter is working properly, and the media continues to give him a pass.
As a sportsman, how would you "grade" Obama's first 100 days in office. 2009
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A teleprompter is an aid, a tool that works well when there is an intelligent person who is using it to put forth a coherent message.
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