Channel Ten newsreader Narelda Jacobs has come under fire for her perceived impartial stance on news stories.
According to The Australian, the presenter, 48, has been ‘ruffling feathers inside the walls’ of the network for criticising NSW police on social media.
The claims come after Jacobs presented reports on officer Beau Lamarre-Condon, 28, who allegedly shot Jesse Baird, 26, and his partner Luke Davies, 29, with his police-issue Glock pistol at Mr Baird’s home in Paddington, in Sydney’s east.
The newsreader subsequently uploaded a post to her Instagram page asking her followers ‘Should police march in Mardi Gras?’
Narelda provided her own take on the issue and wrote that the matter ‘is more than the isolated actions of one man in a crime of passion – a description many reject,’ and is a ‘systemic failure of police.’
Channel Ten newsreader Narelda Jacobs is well known for expressing her opinion on rolling news stories
Jacobs also outlined the force’s ‘refusal to respect many in the LGBTQIA+ community by self-excluding in the Mardi Gras parade.’
Narelda fought back tears in February while reporting on the alleged murders of the former network presenter and his boyfriend.
The 10 News First host struggled to get the words out when reporting on the fatal shooting as part of a breaking news segment.
She breathed heavily and her voice trembled as she tried to compose herself while speaking about her former colleague.
According to The Australian , the presenter, 48, has been ‘ruffling feathers’ inside the walls of the network for criticising NSW police
The newsreader uploaded a post to her Instagram page asking her followers ‘Should police march in Mardi Gras?’
She uploaded the clip of the news report to her Instagram, acknowledging it was delivered ‘through a trembling voice’.
‘Honouring these two beautiful men on the darkest of days. Forever in our hearts Jesse Baird and Luke Davies,’ she wrote.
‘Our hearts are broken.’
Narelda wrote several reasons on the issue and wrote that the matter ‘is more than the isolated actions of one man in a crime of passion – a description many reject,’ and is a ‘systemic failure of police’
