For starters, it keeps the speaker on pace within the scope of public broadcast. It functions like the film score conductor's click track, so music aligns with action on the screen. Secondly it reminds the speak about the topics to be covered.
So what if Biden has lots of teleprompter experience. That's professional. Want an example of unprofessional? Trump at a rally. Trump's SOTU addresses when he wholly wandered away from the teleprompter and lied about accomplishments. At the rallies last weekend, Trump bragged about Veterans health care reform and choice he allegedly did. No, that was Barack Obama in 2014. It was one of several good things Obama did for the military.
Some professional musicians suffer delilitating stage fright that affects performance. A group of drugs called beta blockers calm them down so they can overcome that stage fright and deliver. I don't know if Biden used beta blockers or not. It doesn't matter.
You can look away from a painting, but you can't listen away from a symphony
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