7.30 host Leigh Sales shares sickening abuse sent to her after Scott Morrison interview

Broadcast journalist Leigh Sales has shared the shocking and sexualised social media aftermath of her latest interview with Scott Morrison.

ABC journalist Leigh Sales has shared a shocking insight into the sickening abuse she receives whenever she interviews Scott Morrison.

The 7.30 host took to Twitter this morning with a sample of the messages she received after grilling the Prime Minister on air on Tuesday.

Sales said they were just “a fraction of the sexualised abuse” that is commonly hurled at her whenever Mr Morrison is a guest.

It’s a disturbing trend that has occurred long before he was in the top job, she indicated.

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Leigh Sales shared this small sample of the sickening abuse she copped this week – and says it happens all the time.

Sales, arguably the most respected broadcaster in Australia, was called a “rude b*tch” by one Twitter user, a “lefty POS … covorting (sic) wh*re” by another, and someone who is “in desperate need of a vibrator” by a third.

Ironically, in that sample, she was attacked for being both too soft and too hard on Mr Morrison, with one user remarking that “she pretty much sits on his lap whenever she ‘interviews’ him”.

The Walkley Award-winning journalist, also a best-selling author, regularly cops criticism as well as horrific slurs.

In April, Sales interviewed former PM Malcolm Turnbull about his blockbuster memoir and received a similar slew of disgusting remarks.

One user said it was “almost pornographic”, another asked “how long has (Turnbull) been rooting you?” and a third called her a “wh*re”.

Leigh Sales is one of the country’s most respected broadcast journalists. Picture: Renee Nowytarger

Sales has previously remarked that she is simultaneously accused of being left-wing and right-wing during interviews with politicians.

A brief examination of the public messages directed at her reveals a frequent pattern - following interviews with senior political figure, Labor or Liberal, the trolls unleash.

Another morning, another bit of casual misogyny & abuse - basically a daily occurrence for high-profile women on social media. pic.twitter.com/iJfHbC78N6

— Leigh Sales (@leighsales) April 10, 2018

Just a little insight into the commentary I get non-stop for doing my job. pic.twitter.com/jQLPBRAg5j

— Leigh Sales (@leighsales) March 12, 2018

I don't often share the copious abuse I get on twitter for doing my job. But this is the type of thing many women in public life get. pic.twitter.com/pIytxtEx3c

— Leigh Sales (@leighsales) August 10, 2017

“As I sometimes do to keep a spotlight on this, I just spent a few minutes collecting a fraction of the sexualised abuse I get every time I interview a Prime Minister,” Sales wrote today.

“Female politicians, journalists, public figures get this non-stop.”

Her post has since generated an outpouring of support from viewers and journalists.

Shameful. When will these men get used to women sharing the limelight and the power.

— Anne Summers (@SummersAnne) July 22, 2020

Sorry you have to put up with that.

Actually.... please don't put up with it - keep highlighting their pitiful, small minded, weak attempts at bullying.

They obviously don't have the intellectual capacity to interact in any other way. Show them for what they are.

— Darren Rowse (@problogger) July 22, 2020

This is absolutely disgusting. How would these people react if such comments were directed at their mothers, sisters or daughters?? Disagree, debate but be respectful. Everyone should call these people out and report them.

— Sharoken (@sharon_kendrew) July 22, 2020

Leigh, this is disgusting. I'm very sorry you and other women in the public eye are subjected to this abuse. In FDV terms, this would be understood as violence.

— Robyn Wilson (@fanging_it) July 22, 2020

No one deserves this.

No one. https://t.co/JCoa8peBCX

— Michael Rowland (@mjrowland68) July 22, 2020