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I’ve always wondered what you call those sliding news alerts at the bottom of the TV… they go by a few names, including: news ticker, crawler, slide or chyron, named after the software company who developed it.

Not sure how you feel about them, but personally I find them distracting. But for some, it’s a challenge to try and figure out how to stop them – check out this toddler and his creative solution.

So tell me, am I the only one who doesn’t like them?