Steve Price’s article claiming ‘minority’ white male status prompts press council complaints

News Corp columnist framed himself as among a minority of white men who could no longer voice their opinion

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Australia's press watchdog has received multiple complaints about a widely condemned News Corp column by Steve Price in which he complained he was among a white minority", a claim that flies in the face of evidence on media diversity.

The Herald Sun ran Price's column over a full page on Saturday, allowing him to bemoaned the inclusion of coloured or Asian people" in television advertising, among other things.

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