Teleprompter

The War Against Teleprompters!

Rick Horowitz | Posted 04.01.2012

Rick Horowitz

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Jason Linkins

Romney's Speech Stumbles Earn Teleprompter Quip From Santorum

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 03.21.2012

What exactly was going on with Mitt Romney during his speech last night? Addressing his supporters in Schaumburg, Illinois after his swift win in the ...

WATCH: Colbert Mocks Santorum's Teleprompter Tirade

Posted 03.15.2012

With Rick Santorum surging after wins in the Alabama and Mississippi Republican primaries, Stephen Colbert examined the former Senator's appeal to vot...

Why Republicans Can't Stop Mocking Obama

The Washington Post | Philip RuckerĀ  | Posted 12.19.2011

It's one of the very symbols of the presidency -- the ultimate accessory to the ultimate bully pulpit, seemingly trumpeting to all that the words bein...

The Republicans Continue to Wage War Against Government Workers

Bob Cesca | Posted 11.28.2011

Bob Cesca

Government workers precisely encapsulate what the founders had in mind for this nation. A government of the people. The Republicans don't want you to think about government like this, even though it's the centerpiece of the American-style representative democracy.

Inventor Of Major TV Technology Passes Away

AP | By PAT EATON-ROBB | Posted 06.26.2011

HARTFORD, Conn. -- Hubert "Hub" Schlafly, a key member of the team that invented the teleprompter and rescued decades' worth of soap opera actors, new...

How Low Can You Go? GOP Rep Proposes Cutting Funding for Obama's Teleprompter

Veronica Conway | Posted 05.25.2011

Veronica Conway

Rep. Steve Womack suggested defunding the president's teleprompter because, "We're asking people to do more with less, and I think the president ought to lead by example."

Jason Linkins

Life In The Time Before TelePrompters Was Tedious, As It Turns Out

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 05.25.2011

If you go way, way, back, you find that there was a time when TelePrompters did not exist. And so, politicians had to give terrible halting and monotonous speeches using only pieces of paper.

Pawlenty Spreads Dubious Story About Obama, Teleprompter

McClatchy | Steven Thomma | Posted 05.25.2011

Everyone knows that President Barack Obama relies on a teleprompter a lot when giving talks. He even used one to talk to a dozen members of his own Mi...

Palin's Palm/Obama's Prompter

Jerry Weissman | Posted 05.25.2011

Jerry Weissman

The blogosphere, the fiber optic cables, and the airwaves have been buzzing with stories about Sarah Palin who, during a television interview connect...

When the Ink Clears: A Second Peek at Palm-Gate

Stefan Sirucek | Posted 05.25.2011

Stefan Sirucek

To America's comedians Sarah Palin is the gift that keeps on giving; to pundits she's the political actor who keeps on fascinating. Yet for all the coverage of the crib notes gaffe, a lot of people missed the point.

Sarah Palin: She's Got the Whole World on Her Hands...

Rick Horowitz | Posted 05.25.2011

Rick Horowitz

Just when you find yourself thinking that Sarah Palin couldn't possibly do anything else to embarrass herself, there she is, caught red-handed -- well, black- or blue-handed.

Ryan Grim Talks Palin's 'Holier Than Thou' Tea Party Tone (VIDEO)

Huff TV | Posted 05.25.2011

Huff TV

HuffPost's Senior Congressional Correspondent Ryan Grim appeared on MSNBC Monday to weigh in on Sarah Palin's recent "tea party" remarks. Palin appea...

EXCLUSIVE: Palin's Tea Party Crib Notes

Stefan Sirucek | Posted 05.25.2011

Stefan Sirucek

Closer inspection of a photo of Sarah Palin, during a speech in which she mocked President Obama for his use of a teleprompter, reveals several notes written on her left hand.

Obama Uses Teleprompter In Sixth Grade Classroom (VIDEO)

Posted 05.25.2011

While the White House has denied that President Obama used the teleprompter set up in a sixth grade classroom to address students, Jon Stewart is pret...

My 2009 "McLaughlin Awards" [Part 1]

Chris Weigant | Posted 05.25.2011

Chris Weigant

Welcome once again to our year-end wrap-up and awards ceremony. Honesty dictates that I immediately genuflect to The McLaughlin Group, from whom I have stolen all these award categories.

Jason Linkins

Marxist Teleprompters Attempt To Sabotage Glenn Beck Show

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 05.25.2011

We'll leave you this Friday with this bit of video from our ace Media Monitoring friend Jon from News1News, which captures Glenn Beck reacting to a mi...

"The Hannitus"

Dave Hackel | Posted 05.25.2011

Dave Hackel

They're known for their closed minds and their unparalleled ability to continuously perpetuate deception by spinning, backpedaling and talking over all other animals in their proximity.

Jason Linkins

The Human-TelePrompter Hybridization Of Barack Obama Is Complete

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 05.25.2011

If you had the strange feeling that a nation of Obama critics all experienced an orgiastic convulsion all at once Tuesday morning, this screengrab exp...

Obama Declares Himself President-For-Life (No Fooling!)

Chris Weigant | Posted 05.25.2011

Chris Weigant

"I am ashamed at getting my stimulus bill passed so quickly. Republicans, those masters of bipartisanship, offered their sincere efforts to delay this bill for months and, I admit, I ignored them."

The Practical Math of "Too Much" Telepromptering

John Ridley | Posted 05.25.2011

John Ridley

There's no universally accepted measure for the appropriate amount of political telepromptering, which makes it difficult to do the practical math. Difficult but not impossible.

Gibbs On Obama's Teleprompter: 'Absolutely Amazed That Anybody Cares'

The Huffington Post | Rachel Weiner | Posted 05.25.2011

President Obama's custom of reading his prepared remarks off a teleprompter, hardly unusual among politicians, has been the subject of obsessive scorn...

High-Tech Luddites and Stupid Number Tricks

Richard (RJ) Eskow | Posted 05.25.2011

Richard (RJ) Eskow

If Republicans don't like science, instead of Twitter they should send their next anti-science message by carrier pigeon.

Jason Linkins

AP's Ron Fournier Concerned By Obama's Teleprompter "Crutch"

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 05.25.2011

You know, chances are, the Associated Press's Ron Fournier doesn't want to be thought of as weird or an ignorant guy, but he's not helping his cause a...

Obama's Teleprompter Crutch

Politico | Posted 05.25.2011

President Barack Obama doesn't go anywhere without his TelePrompter. The textbook-sized panes of glass holding the president's prepared remarks follo...