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Do you welcome that wonderful sound "ER", now considered by Media to be the new authoritative professional method of delivering the News?

Here are two examples of the sound "er" professionally inserted into your news delivery, from France 24 English:

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"Locked and
-ER- Loaded. Those are the two words that everyone
-ER- is talking about, because those two words
-ER- clearly hinted at a possible
-ER- military intervention by
-ER- the United States. The wording, the language, a little bit similar to
-ER- to what the [then] US President [Donald Trump] had used back in June [2019] 
-ER- when he had announced, he had claimed, that he had backtracked
-ER- and called off at the last minute a hit on
-ER- Iran. [...]".

Extract source video:
https://www.france24.com/en/video/20190916-kethevane-gorjestani-reports-washington

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"Well
-ER- just like
-ER- last night there are hundreds of people who have gathered here in front of the Supreme Court. The only change is that the police
-ER- put up barriers
-ER- to keep people away from the steps of the Supreme Court. The people have been
-ER- gathering here for
-ER- hours.
-ER- There are plenty of
-ER- flowers on the ground and
-ER- people
-ER- writing in chalk on the sidewalk, messages
-ER- for
-ER- Ruth Bader Ginsburg and also some of her
-ER- most
-ER- famous
-ER- quotes [...]"

Extract source video:

https://www.france24.com/en/video/20200919-hundreds-of-mourners-gather-outside-us-supreme-court-rbg-death-france-24-s-kethevane-gorjestani-reports

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Posted - September 3, 2021

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  • 19942
    I find that very irritating.  If you don't know what you're gong to say, don't be interviewed.  Tony Bliken was on Face the Nation this past Sunday and I wanted to slap him.  
      September 3, 2021 11:39 AM MDT
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  • 258
    Contributor SpunkySenior appears to be erring here, since I have listened to the video, but the gentlemen in question seems by no means to be guilty of inserting the sound "ER", but rather appears to be inserting "AH".

    Video source:
    https://www.cbsnews.com/news/transcript-antony-blinken-face-the-nation-june-13-2021/

    Which is worse?
    Inserting numerous "ER" into communicating, or inserting numerous "AH"?
    Ahaaaa !! > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > This post was edited by Robert at September 3, 2021 3:35 PM MDT
      September 3, 2021 12:17 PM MDT
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  • 19942
    They are equally irritating. :)
      September 3, 2021 1:38 PM MDT
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  • 44173
    It should be 'Loaded, ER locked'
    Let's see...we have er, um, ah and uh.  Any others?
      September 3, 2021 3:38 PM MDT
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