[interestednovice]

Even for British viewers though, the “editorial whiplash” is a problem, and risks being very confusing to WN viewers as you say.

I’m not convinced there is a way around it. Long explainers, as you say, would work - but at the expense of the pacing of the channel; we are constantly hearing how everyone has a short attention span these days so that would surely be detrimental to viewership as people would get bored and switch off!

It's a consistency issue that they're going to have to grapple with and find a solution to because as we both agree, it's like watching a round a tennis at Wimbledon. 

UK viewers don't really need a geography lesson and to be told that Birmingham is a city in England, with a map of where Birmingham is, likewise World News viewers don't really need to be told what county it's in and how far away it is from London to the nearest mile.

In terms of the other point being discussed re. how you describe 'Chancellor of the Exchequer', it's simple, Jeremy Hunt is the Chancellor of the Exchequer, nothing else. There's always context about money/the economy etc to go with the story so you don't need to say UK Finance Minister. We don't hear Germany's Chancellor described as 'Germany's President' and I've never heard the BBC describe the Irish Taoiseach as 'Ireland's head of government' when I've watched World News.

I absolutely agree with you!

Just use the “correct” terms, as with the debate about devolved matters, treat the viewers as adults - and if they don’t get it, it’s easy to look these things up!