08-03-2024, 02:56 PM
(08-03-2024, 03:50 AM)Independent Wrote: Does the international audience even need those explanations? No one needs to be told the US secretary of state is the foreign minister or the German or Austrian Chancellor is the PM. Arguably, both Germany and Austria are less "prominent" than the UK. If the presenter says "now here in the UK", people can start figuring these out ourselves.
The BBC aren't the only ones to do it - eg Reuters' stories on the recent budget mention "the British finance minister" and "the opposition Labour party". I don't mind a news channel being specific in the right context, where people might be confused between the very different roles. Just as I'd expect domestic BBC to occasionally point out that the German chancellor is more like a prime minister.