I completely agree. This has come up on GN before and someone will probably pop up shortly to say it doesn’t matter as long as the viewer/listener understands what is being said.
I take the view that anyone who works in broadcasting should speak clearly - that’s the whole point of it. Anything that distracts from clarity, as in the examples above, makes them unsuitable for the job. It’s like someone who can’t sing very well becoming a professional singer or someone with no knowledge of medicine becoming a doctor (slight exaggeration there but you know what I mean).
Whenever I get into an argument about this (and incorrect grammar) I always say that if you had the task of teaching English to a non-English speaker, you wouldn’t say ‘pronounce everything the way you fancy and don’t worry about tenses or verb/noun agreement, would you?’
Only 50% of middle age adult manage more than 1 brisk 10 min walk a month.


