Georgia Love shamed by colleague in embarrassing leaked emails

Georgia Love was given an almighty clip by a senior colleague after she sent out a chastising group memo to the Channel 7 newsroom.

Georgia Love has been shamed in an embarrassing email chain over correct grammar.

There is always one pedant in the room. And an abundance in a newsroom.

But recently-cancelled Georgia Love was given an almighty clip by a senior colleague after she sent out a group memo to her Channel 7 newsroom this week imploring them on the use of the American pluralisation “surgeries”.

It’s understood the grammar sledge was fired off after a bulletin read by well-respected reporter Melina Sarris, who no longer follows Love on the ‘Gram.

In a leaked email titled “Grammar note”, Love started her missive with “Hi friends!”:

“Just a note on using the word ‘surgery’ – it doesn’t need to be pluralised. You have surgery, not “a surgery”, so you don’t have “surgeries”…. Ie. “all elective surgery is cancelled.” Alternatively, can use ‘operations’ or ‘procedures’. Eeeeeeeeeeveryone (sic) does it, it’s just one of those bug bears that’s incorrect but has snuck into our language.”

One of Love’s senior colleagues returned serve on her grammar missive.

To say it went down like a lead balloon, is being, well, kind.

Much-loved senior reporter and all around “great guy” Nathan Templeton shot back a reply-all, also starting with “Hi friends”:

“Just a note to say this note is not helpful or reasonable.

Please carry on your great work and forget about it.

You’re all doing a great job under difficult circumstances.

Keep it going – we love you. Xxx”

Boom.

Love was taken off air and relegated to the 7 News backbench after a racist Instagram post.

Too soon perhaps, Love? The former Bachelorette was sent packing to the back bench only last month.

She was removed from her on-screen reporting role after facing fallout from a racist Instagram post of a video of a cat sitting inside an Asian restaurant.

Accompanying the video was the caption: “Shop attendant or lunch?”

Word is Love is smarting plenty, with words like “victim” and “hard done by” being bandied about.

But there are also plenty in the newsroom feeling frustrated by her actions, especially since it’s being mooted she may quietly return to her reporting role in the summer break.

Watch this space.