Why Do News Anchors Talk That Way?

Every Little Thing

Gimlet

Comedy, Education, Science

4.6 • 4.6K Ratings

🗓️ 2 May 2022

⏱️ 30 minutes

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Summary

Caller Mallory wants to know: why do all news anchors sound the same? ELT breaks down anchor voice with linguists Dennis Preston and Valerie Fridland. We also talk with reporter Deion Broxton about his struggle to develop his news voice, and how accent bias makes it harder for some people to break into the news business. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:36.0	Please leave your message after the tone.
0:39.0	Hi, my name is Mallory and I'm sitting watching the news currently
0:44.0	and I notice that every single news anchor has the same voice.
0:49.0	They have the same tone, they have the same inflection,
0:52.0	but I need to know why.
1:01.0	Hello.
1:02.0	Hi, Mallory, it's Flora from ELT.
1:04.0	Hi, Flora, how's it going?
1:07.0	Are you a TV news junkie?
1:10.0	Am I a TV news junkie?
1:12.0	I do watch a lot of TV news, but not on TV on YouTube.
1:16.0	Would you consider yourself like a 2020 in chill person?
1:19.0	You know what? Yeah.
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