One of my pet hates is the pronunciation of the "harass", or...

One of my pet hates is the pronunciation of the "harass", or harassment by newsreaders. The majority now pronounce the word harras, or harrasment.
When I went to school a double letter always meant the emphasis was on the double letters. Has that all changed now?

Apparently the new pronunciation is another "americanism", to change the emphasis to the r from the s's. They should change the spelling then to "harras" if they want to pronounce it that way to save us all confusion...