One If By Land

AITOOW doesn't understand why celebrity news/reality shows/etc (or anyone) hire reporters/hosts with thick British or Australian accents? It's not like those accents are desirable (to an American audience). And I doubt there is a lack of Americans who will spread their legs on the casting couch. So that can't be the reason. I don't see how can producers can demand that regional American accents (urban/southern/Minnesotan/New England/etc) must be stripped away while these equally bad accents proliferate. It's a disturbing double standard.