In the course of moderating a recorded discussion on Sunday's "This Week," Chrstiane Amanpour used the word “perspicacious” and ABC felt that the typical viewer of Sunday morning discussion programs didn't know what she was talking about:
http://watching-tv.ew.com/2011/07/04/christiane-amanpour-perspicaciousabc-news/ Personally, I agree with Ken Tucker (and Olbermann and other people who've responded to this online) that the "This Week" audience either knows the word or will figure it out and doesn't need a lower third giving them the definition--what surprises me is how many commenters are defending ABC, although I wonder if it's more to attack Tucker than anything else (something tells me that the only blog where people are generally nice to critics is Ebert's blog). -- TV or Not TV .... The Smartest (TV) People! You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TV or Not TV" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/tvornottv?hl=en
