It's Okay to Complain

There can be all kinds of problems with captioning on TV, especially live events.  I still remember one recent state of the union address. The captions went right across the president's face. That was far from the only problem.

Some errors were comical like when the captions suggested a commentator said the first lady was "planning of a coup."  I have no idea what was actually said.

Then the captions became so delayed that they got cut off mid-stream when there was a programming break, so I missed the end of what was being said. By that time, I had already taken out my cell phone and filmed the captions. I filed a complaint with the FCC the next day. I wish more people would do the same.