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As a long time World News viewer, the news agenda has tilted a lot towards the US over time to the detriment of all other parts of the world since the first budget cuts in 2015 because they have to chase ad revenues more than ever before. Overnights from 1am to 5am from DC isn't bad and though I'm not familiar with Caitriona I believe she will do an excellent job. Following the sun for an international news channel is a great idea if it can be done. My complaint as a WN viewer is the disproportionate attention to US domestic stories. If I wanted US news, I could just switch to a US network.

I would agree that the regional tilts of different strands did diminish after around 2015 - compared to the GMT/Impact/Hub era, when it was fairly normal for the programmes to have different lead stories, the afternoon programmes in particular were very interchangeable content-wise in recent years. And, while I would agree that attention on the US has increased a bit, I'm not sure that it's an exclusively World News issue (compare the coverage US elections get on Network bulletins and Newsnight to the negligible coverage other G7 elections get) and don't think it's solely to do with chasing ad revenue (though that is obviously a consideration the channel have to make).

The thing with the status of US news is that it is unique in the unreciprocated fascination it attracts internationally - ordinary viewers, particularly in certain markets like the UK, do have an odd interest in certain types of American story. Can they sometimes go overboard and should the BBC in particular know better? Absolutely, but I think any skew towards the US (which isn't as big as some make out) is as much to do with interest outside the US as in it, and the BBC don't want to be the only news channel not covering the stories people are talking about.