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Difference between Shouting head and Talking head

shouting head—(derog., also: barking head) a television commentator who speaks in a loud voice and whose comments tend to be aggressive:

  • We have instead shouting heads trying to interrupt each other to get their talking points across.

talking heada television commentator whose upper body is all that is shown on the screen:

  • Former TV talking head Jim Compton did not respond to the Weekly’s request for an interview.