It sounds like an exaggerated attempt at a British accent to my European ears. CNN being American made this even weirder as she doesn't sound like an American d

It sounds like an exaggerated attempt at a British accent to my European ears. CNN being American made this even weirder as she doesn't sound like an American doing that. Someone linked the Wikipedia article for Rosemary Church (if that's who she is) stating she was born in Northern Ireland, grew up in England and Australia and has since been based in the US. Given this biography, it feels like her accent is not entirely organic. I've seen people (especially "citizen journalists") adopt chiefly British accents to appear more sophisticated (I guess?) and this does sound a bit like that to me. She likely has a bit of an accent organically but might have learned to lean into it for her credibility as an "international correspondent" (much like people born in the Southern US would hide their drawl). For comparison, these two are a good example for what I would clearly identify as what an Australian news anchor would sound like: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sMRdH90MDTY https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sMRdH90MDTY This is what I would clearly identify as what a more typical British news anchor would sound like: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KuPNh6NBhQM https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KuPNh6NBhQM