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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
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Benita Kolovos and Josh Taylor

Victorian MP Georgie Purcell criticises Nine News for ‘sexist’ image editing to make outfit more revealing

Nine News manipulated an image graphic that was used on air of Victorian upper house MP Georgie Purcell. Nine blamed the error on automation by Photoshop.
Georgie Purcell says she had her ‘body and outfit Photoshopped by the media’ after the image appeared on Nine News in Melbourne on Monday. Photograph: Nine News/Darren Howe

The Victorian upper house MP Georgie Purcell has lashed Nine News in Melbourne for using an image edited to make her breasts look bigger and expose her midriff, which the network blamed on “automation by Photoshop”.

But Adobe has cast doubt on Nine News’s claim about its software, after the network broadcast the image during Monday night’s bulletin.

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