As Erving Goffman pointed out, during the course of a normal day, we hear many speech faults, but not all of them get labeled as faultables. Why do we notice when broadcasters do them? Because you’re listening more intently, even aggressively. It’s a way of knocking the speaker down a notch. The speaker doesn’t have the only active role in mass media; the viewer and the listener are active as well.
