Human microphone

The use of human microphones provides a way for people to address large gatherings without running afoul of such requirements.

It was deployed at large general assemblies to help ensure everyone could hear announcements, because New York had regulations prohibiting the use of conventional megaphones.

[4] Politicians such as Scott Walker,[4][5] Michele Bachmann,[6] Joseph Lieberman, Christine Lagarde[7] and Barack Obama[8] have been targets for this style of heckling.

Using the human microphone to interrupt an electrically amplified speech has become known as "mic checking" the speaker, as in "Karl Rove ... got mic-checked during his speaking event".

[9] Critics of the way Occupy protestors use mic-checking, including Karl Rove, have suggested it does not respect the principle of free speech and others[who?]