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Originally Posted by Paul11
Everywhere. The reletively "accentless" (bland is a better word) is the standard for television journalists and corporate business. Notice the journalistic standard and that really influences the rest of the nation. Look at tv and hollywood, Actors with various backgrounds speak that way unless called for in a role. As a translator, I'm surprised your haven't noticed this trend. It's been the way for a decade or two.
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Actually I think that is West Coast English. I don't think of the mid-west as accentless. Lots of reporters from other parts of the country go local in Seattle and Portland to get the "accent-free" American English down before moving to the national stage. It's been that way for decades (en vogue might not be the right term). I can't tell you how many reporters and radio people I have seen go national after doing a few years on a local Portland station.