what a trainwreck!

[schmosef]

http://www.break.com/index/spelling-...n-on-cnn3.html

I blame the CNN segment producer for not doing a proper pre-interview.

[Brian Ellis]

Is that kid not displaying some kind of autism?

[Gurm]

Maybe Asperger's. Kids with autistic savantism shouldn't be allowed to compete in this sort of thing, skews the field for those of us who spell near-perfect but DON'T have broken computers for brains.

It's also not fair to force the stress of competition on someone whose psyche just cannot handle it.