A female news presenter with over 20 years of experience has shared the shocking email she received about the outfit she wore on air.
Earlier this year, Australian journalist Narelda Jacobs - who has been working for Network 10 since 2000 - was doing a great job presenting the national news bulletin, as usual.
However, the 48-year-old has since taken to social media to share a screenshot of some nasty hate mail, which is, unbelievably, still a thing in 2024.
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The news anchor was wearing a graphic printed beige and white blazer teamed with a dark grey v-neck top underneath.
On Tuesday (7 May) she shared a screenshot of the message with her 48.7k Instagram followers, as the email read: "Inappropriate dress sense for reading the news."
The disgruntled viewer added: "Cleavage is for the nightclub."
In her response, the journalist did not hold back, and rightly so.
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She wrote in response via an Instagram post: "Yes, we still receive emails like this.
"Yes, it went to the entire newsroom. Yes, I was on air at the time. Yes, it is intended to shame and humiliate me.
"No, what I’m wearing is not inappropriate but your email sure is."
Jacobs - who was the first openly lesbian newsreader in Western Australia - was praised for her response, as one person commented: "Some people are sad and small and spray their sad smallness around.
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"Good thing the sound of their sad smallness is like a mozzie on helium and the sound of your radiance is the entire brass section of a whole goddamn orchestra."
Another added: "File under 'When you really hate yourself, so you decide to email random strangers to tell them'."
"I got the same thing the other day, reading on a day with VERY intense news. Mind blown that people think it’s okay to send that sort of stuff in," penned a third.
As someone else wrote: "Normally I’d not care much about an email about this because haven’t we all seen so many of them.
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"What’s great now is that sometimes they get called out. yay. You look fabulous and professional. But gosh I am so tired by it all."
"WTAF? aside from you looking perfect. I mean… Of all the things in the world today to get upset about it’s this?" a fourth penned.
Last year, Jacobs was awarded the Medal of the Order of Australia for 'service to the media, and to the community'.
Anish Vij