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Channel Nine has apologised for altering an image of Victorian Animal Justice Party MP Georgie Purcell shown in a segment of its news broadcast on Monday night, attributing the error to an AI tool in picture editing platform Photoshop.
The image of the state politician, used in a segment covering changes to duck hunting rules, was shared by Purcell in a social media post on Tuesday morning in which she questioned why her appearance was different to that in the original image.
Image of Georgie Purcell used on Nine News (left), and a similar image from the same photo shoot (right).Credit: Nine News; Supplied
“I endured a lot yesterday. But having my body and outfit photoshopped by a media outlet was not on my bingo card,” Purcell posted.
“Note the enlarged boobs and outfit to be made more revealing. Can’t imagine this happening to a male MP. What gives?”
A statement from Nine Melbourne news director Hugh Nailon said it was the result of automated resizing on picture editing platform Photoshop, citing AI rather than human error.
“Our graphics department sourced an online image of Georgie to use in our story on duck hunting,” Nailon said.
“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.
Channel Nine is owned by Nine Entertainment Co, which also owns this masthead.
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