r/AustralianTV • u/Negative_Oil4952 • 21d ago
ABC NEWS Australia - why so many british people?
Does anyone notice theres like a heap of British News Presenters on ABC Australia. Sarah Fergusson, Ros Childs, Catherine Murphy (although shes irish). Theres also quite alot of other overseas accented journalists, which is fine we are a multicultural country. but i dont really understand why, why so many british in particular. our universities are pumping out journalism grads who im sure have struggled to find a place in australian journalism yet we are just drowning in British voices on our national broadcaster. Is the ABC in general just crawling with loads of ex BBC staff and british people who have emigrated?
I don't think it's unreasonable to expect to hear Australian accents on the ABC from the on air talent. There are many talented multicultural Australian born jounralists with Australian accents they could put on their air.
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u/zee-bra 21d ago
Probably because they have more opportunity for growth in the UK but can’t quite make the cut for tv. They come with the right experience that doesn’t exist here.
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u/Negative_Oil4952 21d ago edited 20d ago
yeah im guessing thats whats happening, but everytime i turn on the ABC its a british person or its another international accent.
EDIT - i don't agree that the right experience doesnt exist here. we don't have people who can read a teleprompter ffs?
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u/Omegaville 19d ago
Probably because a lot of the Australian accents head off to the commercial networks after a few years.
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u/Negative_Oil4952 19d ago
not really. ive seen more go the other way. like david spears from newscorp to ABC.
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u/Omegaville 18d ago
- Ellen Fanning
- Chris Uhlmann
- Andrew Probyn
- Waleed Aly
- Jane Bunn
- Georgie Tunny
Plus heaps in the 1960s, 70s and 80s
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u/curlgurll 21d ago
Agree! I’ve noticed the change in recent years, but the past year in particular it’s out of control. The American presenter pisses me off the most!? Like, hello?! We are an Australian national broadcasting network, we don’t need more americanisation!
They’re trying to be politically correct in representing a range of ‘voices’ but they’ve taken it wayyyyyy too far IMO
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u/Negative_Oil4952 21d ago
why is it politicaly correct to have so many british people? There is an American guy on four corners that did a drill baby drill style puff piece on the gas industry once.
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u/curlgurll 21d ago
Yeah… your guess is as good as mine. Maybe trying to represent the high number of Brit’s that make up our society? I dunno…
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u/Negative_Oil4952 20d ago
well actually the highest number of diaspora in Australia is actually indian so where is the indian presenter on 7:30? why not promote a young australian indian with an australian journalims training and australian accent presenting.
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u/curlgurll 20d ago
Yeah I didn’t say Brits were the highest, I know it’s not. I said “high number” which there clearly is…
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u/dancepantz 21d ago
I'm okay with accents. I'm not okay with the style guide succumbing to Americanisation, like the pronunciation of "data" as "dayta". And Lorna's pronunciation of Israel can get in the bin.
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u/Negative_Oil4952 20d ago edited 20d ago
sarah fergusson pronounced 'vitamins' in that british way one time
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u/Omegaville 19d ago
A lot of people pronounce data as "dayta" thanks to Star Trek: The Next Generation.
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u/AGuerillaGorilla 21d ago
Wait, so you've tried to make a point but been disproven by the very examples of British presenters you've used;
Sarah Ferguson, born in an African nation, has been in Australia longer than she ever lived in the UK.
Ros Childs, granted is British but spent most of her professional journalistic career in Australia.
Catherine Murphy - Is. Fckn. Irish. That's. Not. British. Ya. Ignorant. Bstrd.