Australian MP calls out TV station for altering photo of her breasts: ‘wouldn’t happen to male colleagues’
- The 9News Melbourne channel apologised for altering a photo of state lawmaker, Georgie Purcell, who said it gave her ‘enlarged boobs’
- In the edited version, which was broadcast on Monday evening, her white sleeveless dress has been transformed into a halter top and skirt, exposing her midriff
An Australian television news channel apologised “unreservedly” Tuesday for altering a photo of a state lawmaker, who complained it gave her “enlarged boobs” and a more revealing dress.
Georgie Purcell, upper house member of the Victorian state parliament, posted side-by-side versions of the original and the version edited by 9News Melbourne, part of Nine Network Australia.
In the edited version, which was broadcast on Monday evening, her white sleeveless dress has been transformed into a halter top and skirt, exposing her midriff.
A translucent light grey square transposed over part of the photo seems to accentuate the MP’s chest.
“I endured a lot yesterday. But having my body and outfit Photoshopped by a media outlet was not on my bingo card,” Purcell said in a post on X, formerly Twitter.