Pauline Hanson attacks Nine over KKK leader’s One Nation support
One Nation leader Pauline Hanson has strongly criticised Channel Nine after the broadcaster aired an interview with Thom Robb, the leader of the Knights of the Ku Klux Klan since 1989, who expressed support for her party's anti-immigration policies. Hanson accused the network of deliberately attempting to link One Nation to the white supremacist organisation, describing the decision as "disgusting" and "a new low for the Australian media" and calling on the channel to apologise. The controversy centres on remarks Robb made during an interview for Nine's documentary series Trump's America: The Divided States, in which he said it was "encouraging" to see anti-immigration politicians like Hanson performing well in Australia.
Channel Nine defended its editorial decision, stating that the documentary was produced by its Los Angeles bureau to examine political and racial divisions in the United States ahead of the American midterm elections, and that it explored a broad range of political perspectives. The network noted that Robb had raised Hanson's name unprompted during interview preparations and rejected suggestions it had sought to draw a connection between the KKK and One Nation. Hanson flatly denied that her party or its supporters endorsed or shared ideology with the KKK, describing any such suggestion as "absurd and offensive" and questioning why Australians needed to hear the Klan's views on Australian politics.
- Hanson condemns Channel Nine for airing KKK leader's support for her anti-immigration policies
- Nine defends documentary as examination of US political divisions, not linking Hanson to extremism
- Hanson rejects any association between One Nation and white supremacist groups
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Originally published by Daily Mail as “Pauline Hanson lashes out at Channel Nine after it airs interview with KKK leader endorsing One Nation”.