Back in the UK. the BBC Newsreaders used to speak a very precise and comprehensible English.
Then in the spirit of 'Inclusiveness' it was decided that regional accents would be more user friendly, and if the person selected also had a speach impediment, and in the case of femail reporters a nasal whine combined with the screech of a Pratt and Whitney jet engine, all the better.
Now if you are hard of hearing it is almost impossible to understand a word spoken without the aid of sub titles.
Regional accents should stay in the regions, and let broadcast English be the norm.
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