14-02-2023, 01:48 PM
Lack of general knowledge and historical events seems to be increasingly common in our news media presenters nowadays. I'm constantly amused and surprised by ignorance of such matters by the younger announcers on RNZ National. Both Jesse Mulligan and Wallace Chapman often are oblivious to background information for stories they are reporting on with resulting comments seeming ignorant and flippant. Very much contrasts with the extremely well versed colleagues also on RNZ such as Kathryn Ryan, Kim Hill and Jim Mora.