The Nine Network has agreed to make an on-air statement after the media watchdog found a story on the creation of an “all-Asian mall” breached three clauses of the TV code.
The segment on A Current Affair claimed a mall in suburban Sydney had been given an “Asian makeover” to target the growing Asian population.
It reported that shopkeepers were being told to make way for other retailers who were targeting the area’s growing Asian community.
The former leader of the One Nation party, Pauline Hanson, was also featured calling on the Government to “please explain”.
The report sparked a flood of viewer comments and local media outrage.
The Australian Communications and Media Authority said the item contained “inaccurate factual material” and had a “gratuitous emphasis on ethnic origin.”
It is the first time a commercial tabloid current affairs program has agreed to issue such an on-air statement.
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