A British influencer who was linked to Karl Stefanovic’s early departure from Channel Nine’s Today show has criticised the network over what he described as double standards.
The Australian TV identity had been due to retire from the program later this year.
But Robinson questioned why of all the people interviewed by both Stefanovic and Nine, he was the one who prompted such serious consequences.
“I looked at people he’s previously spoke to, he spoke to some real extreme characters who are actual racists and extreme. He spoke to people who openly hate Jews and he didn’t lose his job, ” Robinson said during a recent episode of his podcast where he spoke to One Nation Leader Pauline Hanson.
“I looked at who the channel spoke to. They spoke to Ghislaine Maxwell, they spoke to people after convictions of child abuse.
“So, for me ... this was about the fact your channel, your media, are terrified of anything—not to do with free speech—but to do with Islam specifically.”
Robinson said he felt it was strange the network could speak to such people but drew the line at speaking to him.
“I’ve never even be questioned on racial or hate crime ever in my life, I speak facts,” he said.
Robinson said he believed there was a broader effort to prevent conservative figures from being given a platform, a view Hanson agreed with.
“Channel 9 in the last few years have become very woke, and they stopped having me on [their] program,” she said.
In an interview last month, Hanson condemned Nine Entertainment over its alleged response to Stefanovic’s interview with Robinson.
“Tommy Robinson has a lesson for Australians. If we don’t learn from the UK’s mistakes on immigration and radical Islam, we are going to face the same destruction,” she said.
“This is exactly what Karl was trying to bring to Australia’s attention.”
The Epoch Times contacted Nine Entertainment for comment regarding Robinson’s comments.
