[bourbon]

I wouldn't mind it, provided your hypothetical anchorman had good grammar and pronounced things correctly, and neither one of those requirements has anything to do with a person's accent.

Y'know...maybe someone like FoxNews anchorman (Shepard Smith--a Mississippian and another counterexample to your earlier statement).

[M. Espinola]

"I wouldn't mind it, provided your hypothetical anchorman had good grammar and pronounced things correctly, and neither one of those requirements has anything to do with a person's accent."

Maybe you would not mind but the rest of the country would. Since when do rednecks have proper grammar or pronounce anything correctly? They can barely speak English.