as opposed to “an apparent error in which a microphone is switched on or remains on, especially without the speaker realizing”
Is “hot mic” not a commonly known phrase or something? It’s literally in the dictionary.
He didn’t say this and it was accidentally caught by a mic. He just said it into a mic, on purpose. That’s not a hot mic (is what OP is saying)
agreed. it’s technically a hot mic, but c’mon
Apparently they adapted the title of the youtube clip:
“Yeah, I’m sure he’s in there,” Collins said, without providing evidence, according to an audio clip of the exchange uploaded to YouTube, titled, “HOT MIC: Republican caught saying Trump IS IN THE EPSTEIN FILES!”
That only lands you technically correct, not idiomatically.
The best kind of correct!
(I’m with you on this one btw, it’s not the meaning they were going for here, they used it for clicks)
It’s all so tiresome.
This guy thinks they had 100 FBI agents scrub diaper’s name from the files because he was a whistle blower? Surely the best way to prove his valiant role in this ordeal is to release the unredacted files, right?
Hot Mike? Naaaa. Roberto is wayyyy hotter.
Link without paywall: https://archive.is/KHIUg
Captcha wall instead… Great…
Yeah, this is never helpful. I end up just opening in Apple News because I pay for it despite Edgesuite giving me an Access Denied due to my VPN. It’s all a big mess.
Not only that, but they are un-critically quoting the headline on a fucking YouTube video…
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Hot mic means active mic, mic that is on, no?
/edit: Wiktionary agrees with my impression. Hot being on is what it means, while its being used often to indicate unintentional, unknown recordings - labeling it hot to differentiate and indicate expectation.
Its a redundant label, and as such misleading. But not incorrect.
I guess that makes it fit this community. It just isn’t clear if OP is referring to that - definition or usage.
