tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12868617.post113971427424144152..comments2023-09-22T10:49:40.836-06:00Comments on Faith: DisfluencyThe Queenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05891400997048176082noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12868617.post-1139718265305099002006-02-11T21:24:00.000-07:002006-02-11T21:24:00.000-07:00I should clarify that I don't know if the kid wear...I should clarify that I don't know if the kid wears glasses or not--I was just thinking that the other "situation" that could produce that kind of disfluent reading would be if he really physically couldn't read most of the text on the prompter and that he was guessing at the words based on the bit he could make out. Usually a reporter in his shoes is reading material that he actually wrote, so it's possible that if he normally wore glasses he just vastly overestimated his ability to read a teleprompter without them and was having to recall what he wrote based on a few blurry visual cues.The Queenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05891400997048176082noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12868617.post-1139717781458561262006-02-11T21:16:00.000-07:002006-02-11T21:16:00.000-07:00Oh! That was just painful! Poor guy. I do admire...Oh! That was just painful! Poor guy. I do admire his forging through, though, and not giving up. I wonder if he wore his glasses next time, or if he was ever given another chance?Hhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12947420124918584822noreply@blogger.com