I absolutely agree gulliBell! It is even worse with some of the twits masquerading as news announcers. In fact, I no longer watch the news on tv because of most of them.
I find that the ABC is just as bad as the commercial sources. Maybe the new broom will change things a bit.
A recent example was reporting on a fatal road accident in WA: “The accident happened 300 Km’s West of Perth”. Just how would the family concerned feel about that? Complete ignorance of all concerned.