"What gives?" Victorian MP slams "photoshopped" image
<p>A Victorian MP has slammed Channel Nine for airing a "photoshopped" image of her, in which her outfit was made more "revealing" and her breasts were "enlarged". </p>
<p>Georgie Purcell, an MP for the Animal Justice Party, was featured on Nine News on Monday night during a segment about duck hunting, with the network using a promotional image of the MP for the TV package. </p>
<p>However, Ms Purcell claims the major news work altered the photo, and took to social media to share a side by side comparison of the original image and the one Nine aired. </p>
<p>“I endured a lot yesterday. But having my body and outfit photoshopped by a media outlet was not on my bingo card,” she wrote alongside the images. </p>
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<p dir="ltr" lang="en">I endured a lot yesterday.</p>
<p>But having my body and outfit photoshopped by a media outlet was not on my bingo card.</p>
<p>Note the enlarged boobs and outfit to be made more revealing. </p>
<p>Can’t imagine this happening to a male MP. </p>
<p>What gives? <a href="https://t.co/NhnkDRMidc">pic.twitter.com/NhnkDRMidc</a></p>
<p>— Georgie Purcell (@georgievpurcell) <a href="https://twitter.com/georgievpurcell/status/1752088649527853107?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">January 29, 2024</a></p></blockquote>
<p>“Note the enlarged boobs and outfit to be made more revealing," she added, pointing out that her white top had been altered to look like a crop top, showing off her midriff.</p>
<p>“Can’t imagine this happening to a male MP. What gives?”</p>
<p>In a second tweet, Purcell pointed out her stomach has been tattooed since 2020 and the photoshopped image did not show any tattoos, despite her outfit being changed to show her stomach.</p>
<p>On Tuesday, a statement was issued from Nine News Melbourne news director Hugh Nailon apologising for the “graphic error”.</p>
<p>“Our graphics department sourced an online image of Georgie to use in our story on duck hunting,” he said.</p>
<p>“As is common practice, the image was resized to fit our specs. During that process, the automation by Photoshop created an image that was not consistent with the original.</p>
<p>“This did not meet the high editorial standards we have and for that we apologise to Ms Purcell unreservedly.”</p>
<p>Purcell told 7News that she only realised her image had been photoshopped when she watched Nine’s bulletin.</p>
<p>“I noticed because my stomach didn’t have a tattoo on it. So I found the original photo and noticed not only had they given me abs and the crop top, but they’ve enlarged my breasts as well,” she said.</p>
<p>“Seeing your own body altered on TV on the big screen is very confronting and I hope lessons are learnt from it."</p>
<p>“This has affected me in some way and it could affect other women even more and it should never happen again.”</p>
<p><em>Image credits: X (Twitter)</em></p>
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