Of course, in the frenetic world of today's media it would be unrealistic to expect politicians, announcers and newsreaders to pronounce foreign names perfectly.
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Yet the newsreader's solution may also help here.
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There may be a similar preference for set rules of emphasis in speech, beginning with the newsreaders and spreading outwards.
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In this situation, thenewsreaderwould not know which words should be emphasized, in the interests of clarity.
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However, although audibility is still the major criterion, it would seem that in selecting newsreaders and news presenters less attention is now paid to accents.
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For £50,000 a year, one must be a pretty good journalist andnewsreader.
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I do not mean the manner in which thenewsreaderreads the news.
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Thenewsreadersaid that the genome, "determines the life and death of every individual".
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In modern parlance, the termnewsreaderor news anchor is preferred.
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Programs called newsreaders are used to read and post messages (called "articles" or "posts", and collectively termed "news") to one or more newsgroups.
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He continued to work as anewsreaderuntil his retirement in 1982.
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He was reinstated as itsnewsreaderand commentator of such show.
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For quite some time, the introduction of female newsreaders led to complaints from listeners; women discussing topics of feminist interest led to similar complaints.
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After reading a few lines, thenewsreaderis given a breaking headline.
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The femalenewsreaderreads a news piece about a new government scandal.
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