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Teleprompter Operator attempts Sabotage on Palin?
NR The Corner ^ | Rich Lowry - NR The Corner

Posted on 09/03/2008 11:01:34 PM PDT by Onerom99

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To: Onerom99
My daughter has served as a stand-in teleprompter operator for a network evening news broadcast. I have seen the machine she operated.

The operator rolls a VERY sensitive wheel that scrolls text on a 6' x 6' white-on-black screen, while listening to the speaker in headphones, hooping to keep the words being spoken next to a large arrow.

It isn't easy to master the touch - OTOH, once you mess up once you ought to be able to stop scrolling when you hear the applause.

41 posted on 09/03/2008 11:52:56 PM PDT by 1stMarylandRegiment (Conserve Liberty)
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To: Danae

The Berlin Wall fell because it looked 20 years into the future and didn’t want to be around when Sarah Palin came looking for it.


42 posted on 09/03/2008 11:57:17 PM PDT by Darkwolf377 (Sarah Palin--the man Biden and Obama wish they could be.)
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To: mabelkitty

How do these idiots get original access to every high security event and Congressional hearing?

Good grief, I could spot Medea and Gael from 100 yards.


43 posted on 09/04/2008 12:00:25 AM PDT by MNSlim
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To: NotJustAnotherPrettyFace

The teleprompter I saw on tuesday is dead in front of the speakers.


44 posted on 09/04/2008 12:21:55 AM PDT by staytrue
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To: HAL9000
I doubt that it was sabotage. The teleprompter operator sits underneath the stage, and can’t really see what is going on. The screen is rather small, and it’s not easy to keep it synchronized it when the audience is interrupting the speaker with applause for every line.

Uhhh....I'm not an expert but the operator has both audio feeds (probably not necessary tonight) and has a comfortable screen to view that replicates what the teleprompter displays. They can actually go backwards if necessary. Whether this was purposeful or not the fact remains that the operator is fully informed and there is not much excuse for constant error if that was the case.

45 posted on 09/04/2008 1:04:49 AM PDT by torchthemummy (Bill & Hillary Are Now Worth 5% Pts. For McCain & That's Not Counting The PUMAs)
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To: NonValueAdded

They were probably wiping drool off the poor teleprompter machine afterward.


46 posted on 09/04/2008 2:28:39 AM PDT by GOP Poet
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To: Onerom99
Jeez.. This teleprompter operator had no trouble with Romney, Huckabee or Giuliani's speeches.

Maybe they didn't get the applause she did.

47 posted on 09/04/2008 2:38:53 AM PDT by Lonesome in Massachussets (His Negritude has made his negritude the central theme of this campaign)
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To: Onerom99

She had a printed copy of the speech on the podium for backup.


48 posted on 09/04/2008 2:41:00 AM PDT by Fresh Wind (Tom Manion USMC '08!!)
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To: Darkwolf377

“Breaking News: The Teleprompter operator has disappeared. Sarah Palin was seen picking shredded pieces of a Teleprompter Operators Union t-shirt out of her teeth.”

LOL!


49 posted on 09/04/2008 3:46:30 AM PDT by imskylark
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To: Canticle_of_Deborah

"Oh, Barack. You naughty, naughty, naughty boy."

}:-)4

50 posted on 09/04/2008 4:27:54 AM PDT by Moose4 (http://moosedroppings.wordpress.com -- Because 20 million self-important blogs just aren't enough.)
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To: Onerom99

It was interesting though... Watching NBC’s brief coverage, they came on at 10:00 when Rudy came out. I never noticed anything unusual. But when Sarah Palin started her speech, there was a split second delay between the audio and the video that I didn’t recall being there for Rudy. It was just enough to distract an uninterested person’s attention from the speech.


51 posted on 09/04/2008 4:35:58 AM PDT by Hatteras
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To: Onerom99

Her broadcast background saved her here. Prompter foul ups happen all the time in the industry, and on-air talent know how to deal with it w/o the audience knowing.


52 posted on 09/04/2008 5:05:51 AM PDT by paltz
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To: Darkwolf377

Chuck Norris will Campaign for Sarah Palin.

Haha Beat that! LOL

By the way that was a good one LOL


53 posted on 09/04/2008 7:46:10 AM PDT by Danae (A Taxpayer voting for Obama is like a Chicken voting for Colonel Sanders)
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To: Onerom99

The folks at Fox News this morning were saying that the teleprompter was speeding through Rudy’s speech also, running through “paragraphs at a time”.


54 posted on 09/04/2008 7:54:05 AM PDT by socal_parrot
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To: HAL9000
it’s not easy to keep it synchronized

It's his job to keep it synchronized. That is why he has the title "Teleprompter Operator". Don't make excuses, just do your job.

55 posted on 09/04/2008 8:58:31 AM PDT by MosesKnows (Love many, Trust few, and always paddle your own canoe)
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To: MosesKnows
It's his job to keep it synchronized. That is why he has the title "Teleprompter Operator". Don't make excuses, just do your job.

Yep, he should try doing an easier job, like being a "Community Organizer."

56 posted on 09/04/2008 9:00:36 AM PDT by dfwgator (After Saturday, the Miami Hurricanes will be downgraded to a tropical depression)
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57 posted on 09/04/2008 1:36:33 PM PDT by Canticle_of_Deborah (Repentance is a contract with God for a second life - St. John Climacus)
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To: Danae
Chuck Norris will Campaign for Sarah Palin. Haha Beat that! LOL

Chuck Norris had a nightmare about Sarah Palin beating him up, and when he woke up, his lip was bleeding and his left leg had to be put in a cast.

58 posted on 09/04/2008 9:17:17 PM PDT by Darkwolf377 (Sarah Palin--the man Biden and Obama wish they could be.)
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To: Darkwolf377

LMAO lol


59 posted on 09/05/2008 8:47:40 AM PDT by Danae (A Taxpayer voting for Obama is like a Chicken voting for Colonel Sanders)
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To: HAL9000

Why even have an operator. Just need a button on the podium and the speaker can press to start and stop the scoll. Damn...I should get a patent!


60 posted on 09/05/2008 8:54:21 AM PDT by Mashood
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