Robert Peston.

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Is it just me who wants to kill him whenever he is on BBC News?

Why can he not talk like a normal human being?

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Why is he talking perfectly normally on HIGNFY then?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ALqrdyaETfg

and here...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r80CiytLWLo

Edited by raptor600 on Friday 29th June 10:24

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Eric Mc said:

Reading off an autocue means you don't have to think about the next set of words you use. The vast bulk of reports he delivers on the news are unscripted and from memory.

Speech impediments are a mental problem, not a physical one.

It's clearly not the job for him then!

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Eric Mc said:

Not at all. He can do his job perfectly well. His speech pattern does not annoy me one jot.

I absolutely HATE when people ask for someone to be removed just because they happen not to like their delivery.

That's because YOU seem to have the same HABBIT as Robert Peston.

It clearly isn't just me he annoys.

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rohrl said:

wormburner said:

But a crucial part of his job as it is currently shaped is delivering pieces to camera. And his style is awful. Clearly he is very expert at the 'journalism' bit of his job, and very inexpert at the 'broadcast' part of his job.

Better that way round than the other. Would you prefer to put up with the minor annoyance of his speech patterns or bask in the rich mahogany tones of a professional speaker with no idea about business and economics?

Why do you think it's an either or choice!?

There are lots of people who could do both.