Does Michelle leave prompt cards around the house?
There’s that teleprompter again – and in this shot it’s blatantly obvious that Joseph is staring straight at the screen and reading off it, rather than looking at his audience.
This picture is doing the rounds by email. I’d say the caption is wrong. Muscat is clueless with or without a teleprompter, and an idiot he most certainly is not.
Idiots can be forgiven their idiocy. Deliberate manipulation and shallow deceit are something else.
As for that teleprompter, I have to say I’m beginning to wonder whether Michelle leaves prompt cards strategically located from the front door (or rather, il-bieb tal-garaxx) to the kitchen, bathroom and bedroom. And perhaps he has a teleprompter directed in front of the bed, cunningly disguised as a television, so that he does and says the right thing.
X’arukaza, joking about the private life of the leader and Michelle. Ma tisthix, dik Defni? We should have a law to stop her.
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Does one really need a teleprompter to promise the impossible and guarantee everything to everyone?
I can imagine Joseph Muscat arguing with the Labour voters after he is installed in Castille:
“That’s not what I promised you. That’s what I read on the teleprompter.”
Joseph Muscat will have a problem the next time he is invited on Bondi+.
If he puts the teleprompter on Lou’s side, we can all read what’s on it, and at that point it renders Joseph’s presence useless.
But hang on a minute…someone’s got to press the foot pedal.
Have you seen the PM’s clip on http://www.mychoice.pn?
It seems obvious that he is also using a prompting device located beneath the camera to deliver a 32 second pitch.
Pity Gonzi never used a teleprompter, maybe he would not have made all those promises before the last election.
You really are the saddest bitch on Malta without a doubt. Every leader in the world uses teleprompters. I have even seen the Pope using a teleprompter. No doubt by your standards they are all idiots!
[Daphne – Mr Tyrrell, not all leaders use teleprompters, no more than do all others for whom public speaking is a big part of their working life. If the Pope used a teleprompter, it’s probably because he’s a very old man with a defective memory. I did not say that Muscat is an idiot for using one. On the contrary, I said that I do not agree with the description because he is anything but an idiot. He is many other negative things, but certainly not that. Your level of engagement and identification with the Labour Party perplexes me – not because you are a right-wing arch-conservative, because people like that are naturally attracted to the Malta Labour Party. No. It’s because you claim to be from Northern Ireland but obviously have some kind of vested interest here unless you are an avatar for somebody who really is Maltese. And do please stop calling yourself Beowulf. We all know it’s you and you make yourself ridiculous. Beowulf is the name a 15-year-old dork would choose.]
I have had the pleasure of seeing Lawrence Gonzi speak off the cuff in public. He is a sharp man, quick as can be, and not one to fluff his lines. Muscat l-anqas biss joqghod hdejn sormu. Yes, it’s a crude expression, but it comes from a crude culture.
Teleprompter, the Pope?
I have never heard anything so ridiculous.
The Pope reads everything off printed texts which are prepared for him by the Sala Stampa.
Embargoed versions are usually distributed to the accredited press before he speaks.
After he speaks the texts are posted on the website of the Santa Sede.
The Pope sometimes uses speech writers, that is true, but never teleprompters.
His speeches are invariably and meticulously vetted and proof read by a number of Vatican agencies including the Secreteria di Stato, the Sala Stampa and the Congregazione per La Dottrina della Fede.
The Pope does not have to fool people by pretending to be speaking from memory or off the cuff. He does not need anybody’s vote.
The Pope, only very rarely, says a few impromptu words usually in a light vein, after he has finished reading out the official text.
Teleprompter my foot.
And I wish you would stop using the Mr Tyrell stuff as I’m sure the gentleman would be upset seeing his name in your blog. Don’t remember telling you that I was from N. Ireland, but then I don’t remember telling you anything. You just like to assume stuff don’t you. By the way I don’t engage or indeed identify with the Labour Party. That’s just another assumption on your part. If someone speaks out against that idiot of a Nationalist leader Gonzi then it stands to reason they have to be a Labour supporter. You really are a sad little person!
[Daphne – You must have forgotten that you posted comments as James Tyrrell a couple of times, Mr Tyrrell. I simply matched your IP number. Not that I needed to – your style of communication and writing are instantly identifiable. I also know that you’re posting comments from Britain, not Northern Ireland or Gozo (that cussed IP number again) and then there’s your fake email address, in which you must insist on including the word Ireland, as in Beowulfireland. I’m neither little nor sad, Mr Tyrrell, but there are no prizes for guessing who is. I think you need an inflatable rubber doll. They come in both men and women shapes nowadays, I’m given to understand.]
As I understand from your rantings this Tyrell person comes from Ireland somewhere yet you say my postings are from Britain somewhere. Do make your mind up. IP Addresses are funny things. Not too long ago I tracked one myself and reported it’s user. Thing is you can bounce those from anywhere you want with a simple piece of software. If I could be arsed I could change my IP address to originate from Bidnija. In fact with a little bit of effort I could centre it on a specific address, say Dar Rihana. But to be honest I have better things to do. If I remember right there is one such piece of software which would probably suit you down to the ground called hide my ass.
[Daphne – You poor thing.]
Manipulator, deceiver, cheat, schemer, conniver, untrustworthy but most certainly not an idiot. The idiots are those who are taken in by his posturing and theatricals.
Would you buy a used car from this man?
I wouldn’t mind buying a new car from this man. I heard that one of the promises he made is that as prime minister he will reimburse the registration tax.
In the past we were asking ourselves why he was not sitting down with the people like Dr Gonzi does during his Sunday meetings.
The answer is now self explanatory.
There is nothing wrong in using one, but he only uses it to look cool and then again has no idea on how to use it thus making him look silly.