Catherine Byaruhanga.....

[ToraToraTora]

Now I know that we must have ethnic diversity in news readers but how did this woman pass a screen test? She can't pronounce "L", says "De" instead of "the" and stumbles over sentences all the time, just waiting to see if she says "aks"! What happened to quality, like Clive Myrie, Trevor McDonut and Moira Stewart for example? 

[Old_Geezer]

Ah, weren't 1970 comedies just great.

[ToraToraTora]

13:52, rubbish JR was trying to turn this into a thread about race. Up to now we have all managed to not mention that.

[andy-hughes]

TTT - You are citing 'shining examples' of black journalists whose pronunciation meets your standards, but no criticism of any Caucasian news readers.

And you think you are not involving race?

Really?

[Lie-in King]

She sounds fine to me.

[THECORBYLOON]

LIK, apparently you're in denial.

[Lie-in King]

Oh dear.

[ToraToraTora]

13:59 I am talking about this particular news reader not all of them.

[ToraToraTora]

... I used other non white news readers to compare because as you well know I'd be accused of racism if I did not.

[Mozz71]

Is it only me finding TTT's squirming quite entertaining? 😁

[anneasquith]

You, racist ?  Have an AB vote ,.

[gingejbee]

What I fail to understand is why ABers continue to interact with someone who is always right.

End of.

[andy-hughes]

TTT - I know nothing of the sort!

The entire thrust of your OP appears to indicate that you expect all black journalists to have accentless delivery. And the lady on question falls down by not meeting you standards of diction and enunciation. 

Apart from the fact that your point is utterly without foundation, perhaps you xan explain why your criticism, and preferable examples, only refer to black journalists?

[ToraToraTora]

it was not me that brought race into this anne.

[bednobs]

Christ  she not Beth rigby bad is she? 

[andy-hughes]

TTT - // It was not me who brought race into this ...//

Are you serious?

Your issue with this lady is her pronunciation based on her ethnicity - or are you trying to suggest that your OP is not actually about that,

[ToraToraTora]

AH: "The entire thrust of your OP appears to indicate that you expect all black journalists to have accentless delivery. And the lady on question falls down by not meeting you standards of diction and enunciation. " - then I suggest you reread the thread. I have not mentioned colour, gender or anything like that. I have also said I am not talking about journalists generally. I am talking about the main anchor news readers that read the news every hour I am not bothered about race that seems to be the obsession of those above who are deliberately ignoring the primary point.

[ToraToraTora]

AH: "Your issue with this lady is her pronunciation based on her ethnicity - or are you trying to suggest that your OP is not actually about that," - it's not about that, see 14:32. On what basis do you make that assumption?

[andy-hughes]

TTT - I am not bothered about race ...//

So I will ask again  - if you are not 'bothered about race', why did you raise the issue of a black journalist,  and offer other black journalists as an example of how you think news readers should speak?

I'd stop digging if I were you, you are looking increasingly foolish.

[ToraToraTora]

AH: "So I will ask again  - if you are not 'bothered about race', why did you raise the issue of a black journalist,  and offer other black journalists as an example of how you think news readers should speak?" - ok already answered above but here goes. I mentioned her because her prononciation was poor, no other reason. I used other non white news readers as examples precisely because I knew that I would be accused of racism by the usual suspects. I can't win, if I quoted a white news reader the result would be the same. I did not mention race, sex, age anything. Others brought those up and yet I'm the one getting accused of it. So are you saying that the mere action of questioning something of a non white person must be racist?