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World conker champion found with steel chestnut, cleared of cheating

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424 points notamy | 1 comments | 15 Oct 24 03:12 UTC | HN request time: 0.216s | source
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MrJagil ◴[15 Oct 24 10:43 UTC] No.41847165[source]▶
Apparently he has been cleared by VAR: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zJKIbq2FuG8
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speerer ◴[15 Oct 24 20:20 UTC] No.41852694[source]▶
Are all TV newsreaders as aggressive and cynical as this?
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1. swores ◴[17 Oct 24 09:11 UTC] No.41867773[source]▶
Not all. That's Kay Burley, she's probably considered to be above average as a newsreader, but she does have a tendency to put on an air of "this is the most serious situation imaginable" far too often.

I just watched the clip, and the style she's using for the interview would be appropriate if she were interviewing a politician on the subject of war crimes, but for some reason she felt that this story needed that same level of gravitas rather than considering it a light-hearted fluff piece...

edit: Here's an example of her when not in "I need to look like a super serious journalist for this" mode - https://x.com/KayBurley/status/1846114715312754744/mediaView... - I don't watch her very often, but the impression I have is that she spends quite a lot of time in both these "modes", and my feeling is that she consciously decides which fits the topic more, but maybe I'm being unfair and she's just subconsciously acting however feels like a natural fit.

I can't honestly think of any other British news anchors as high profile as her who I'd expect to conduct that conker interview in such an overly serious manner (but again, I'm hardly an expert in current day TV news people, I only see them in clips here and there I'm not a viewer of their full shows).