{"id":1539541,"date":"2022-07-05T09:49:23","date_gmt":"2022-07-05T13:49:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1539541"},"modified":"2022-07-05T09:49:35","modified_gmt":"2022-07-05T13:49:35","slug":"tv-reporter-shamed-after-posing-with-extremely-vile-sign-at-pro-abortion-rally","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/tv-reporter-shamed-after-posing-with-extremely-vile-sign-at-pro-abortion-rally\/","title":{"rendered":"TV Reporter Shamed After Posing With Extremely Vile Sign At Pro-Abortion Rally"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">24<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Ftv-reporter-shamed-after-posing-with-extremely-vile-sign-at-pro-abortion-rally%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1539541&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>An <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/topic\/australia\">Australian<\/a> television reporter who covered protests over the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/topic\/supreme-court\">Supreme Court<\/a>\u2019s reversal of <em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/topic\/roe-v-wade\">Roe v. Wade<\/a>\u00a0<\/em>apologized after posing with a vile, anti-Christian sign, then posting the image on her Instagram.<\/p>\n<p>Lana Murphy, who works for Channel 9 and was in Melbourne to cover protests, was pictured Saturday holding up the sign and smiling. The horrific message on the sign sparked a huge online backlash against Murphy and the station, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/news\/article-10982617\/Channel-Nine-grovelling-apology-reporter-seen-Roe-v-Wade-protest.html\">the Daily Mail reported<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMary (the virgin) should\u2019ve had an abortion,\u201d read the sign.<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">So turns out I made it into the Daily Mail\u2019s story about Lana Murphy and Channel 9\u2019s apology. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/auspol?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#auspol<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/RoeVWadeprotest?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#RoeVWadeprotest<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/LyXJEq4UmJ\">https:\/\/t.co\/LyXJEq4UmJ<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Joel Agius (@Joel_Agius1) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Joel_Agius1\/status\/1544236277272236032?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 5, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Catholic writer Joel Agius tweeted that the sign was bad enough, but the fact that Murphy was proud enough of the photo to post it on her social media account compounded the transgression.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat she did was extremely disgusting,\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Joel_Agius1\/status\/1543928971657564160?s=20&#038;t=4I3CW9NlgmSrIZm-rFjPDQ\">Agius tweeted<\/a>. \u201cShe chose to post this Christian hate on her own Instagram account. She made the conscious decision to do it. We\u2019re just calling her out on it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The network apologized Tuesday, saying it sent Murphy for counseling as to why the message on the sign was inappropriate<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe journalist did not mean to cause any offense, but has been counselled on why the post was not appropriate,\u201d the network said. \u201c9News apologizes to anyone offended by the post.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe respect all sides of this sensitive issue and pride ourselves on reporting with impartiality,\u201d the statement concluded.<\/p>\n<p>Murphy said in a statement that she was sorry and recognized how the message on the sign might be considered offensive.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe words on the sign and my subsequent posting of that image on my personal social media account has caused offense to some in the religious community,\u201d she said. \u201cThis was not my intention, and I wholeheartedly apologize to those that were hurt.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>But she seemed more concerned with having betrayed her objectivity as a reporter than amplifying a message of anti-Christian bigotry.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI acknowledge that in my professional role, it was not the appropriate time to appear to have chosen any side,\u201d she wrote.<\/p>\n<p>The Supreme Court\u2019s decision ended the federal right to abortion established in the landmark 1973 case, and restored to states the right to restrict or even ban abortion. In Australia, states and territories make laws regarding restrictions on abortion, though in most of the country, it is <a href=\"https:\/\/lifechoice.org.au\/abortionlaw\/\">legal up until birth<\/a>, with two doctors required for approval after 22 weeks.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>An Australian television reporter who covered protests over the Supreme Court\u2019s reversal of Roe v. Wade\u00a0apologized after posing with a vile, anti-Christian sign, then posting the image on her Instagram. Lana Murphy, who works for Channel 9 and was in Melbourne to cover protests, was pictured Saturday holding up the sign and smiling. 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