The word "commentator" is correct and usable in written English.
You can use it when referring to someone who provides comments during a live broadcast, often a sports event. For example: "The commentator on the football game did a great job of providing insight into the game".
In the Irish Times yesterday, senior Irish commentator Fionnuala O'Connor has a very sharp reading of the situation in and around Sinn Fein as negotiations come to a head.
Petina Gappah, a writer and political commentator, admitted being among the sceptics who had written the MDC off at the start of the year.
First, an elegant en pointe sashay through a bemused defence was crowned with a composed, artful finish – "what a good goal", said the commentator – and then a beautifully placed left-foot blast was deposited into the far corner from outside the box - "what a good goal", said the commentator.
When one celebrity clattered off her skis during a race last week, the reaction – from the host to the commentator to the cameramen – was one of genuine panic, with crash-zooms and babbled ad-libs and nervous glances off-camera.
It is also, as one commentator has said, one giant leap for publicity.
Writing in The Star, commentator Suhaimi Aznam even suggested Anwar had invented the sodomy allegation to embarrass the government – and labelled him a drama queen.
Some were concerned that this would be the first of endless delays, Nigerian commentator Max Siollun suggested it had been a good thing for democracy: As everyone waited for the results, thousands of Nigerians took to Twitter to discuss the election using the hashtag #NigeriaDecides (or, as Africa is a Country noted: #Nigeriadecidesveryslowly).
Conservative commentator Charles Krauthammer told Fox News: "Gingrich had a terrible night … If he can't win Alabama or Mississippi, where can he win?" But Gingrich's campaign team said the strategy is to deny Romney the 1,144 delegates to the party convention he needs to become the nominee and force him to make a deal with Santorum, Gingrich and Ron Paul, who have all picked up delegates.
When football commentator Richard Keys argued that the blog figures were inaccurate, he was debunked in the Daily Express.
The Daily Telegraph's coverage of the HSBC story became the focus of attention following the resignation of its chief political commentator Peter Oborne, claiming the paper had deliberately suppressed stories about the banking giant and describing it as a "fraud on its readers".
Turnbull appeared on conservative commentator Andrew Bolt's Sunday morning program, where the host asked him several questions on whether the ABC is biased.
