JUANITA PHILLIPS: The people of the United Kingdom are dealing with yet another terrorist attack on home soil. Seven people were killed and another 48 injured when 3 armed terrorists struck right in the heart of London. — ABC News, 4 June, 2017

Hello, I'm Paul Barry, welcome to Media Watch.

And as Islamic extremists once again murder and maim innocent citizens in one of our favourite cities.

Australia's Pauline Hanson has adapted this graphic warning from London's police to call for a total ban on Muslim immigration to this country.

Stop Islamic Immigration before it is too late. #auspol Australia is tired of TELLING both sides of Government that Islam is incompatible with Australian values. — Twitter, Pauline Hanson, 4 June, 2017

Recent polls have shown that, after missteps and scandals, support for Hanson may be on the wane. But she is inspiring wannabe politicians in the same mould and some in the media are ever ready to give them a megaphone and let them wrap themselves in the flag:

KIM VUGA: If you don't love Australia, it's simple, really - you can pack your bags and leave. TIM ARVIER: She's been dubbed a blonde Pauline Hanson, but Kim Vuga says the One Nation leader has sold out and that it's her party that's going to be the next big thing in politics. — Channel Nine News Queensland, 30 May, 2017

Kim Vuga is founder of the Love Australia or Leave Party.

And before that she ran a Stop the Boat People campaign on Facebook with the catchcry:

This is Australia: We eat meat, we drink beer and we speak f**kin' English. — Facebook, Stop The Boat People

Vuga first came to notice in 2015 on SBS's Go Back To Where You Came From.

But last week Nine gave her another prime-time chance to pitch her policies, to ban Muslim immigration and end all foreign aid and put herself up as a rival to One Nation.

TIM ARVIER: She's also promised to go one better on Pauline Hanson's promise to take disaffected migrants to the airport. KIM VUGA: I would go even further, I would go to their house and help them pack. Watch out Pauline, here I come. — Channel Nine News Queensland, 30 May, 2017

And just in case viewers were concerned that Nine was giving a platform to racist views, reporter Tim Arvier was ready with the question to really challenge her.

TIM ARVIER: Are you a racist bigot? KIM VUGA: I'm most definitely not racist. I'm tired of hearing the word "racist, a bigot, xenophobic', just because you want to protect your country. — Channel Nine News Queensland, 30 May, 2017

Nine claimed that their story, which also ran on Facebook, was an exclusive.

But this wasn't actually true because, when Vuga's new party was registered last October, she made headlines in the Newcastle Herald.

News.com.au.

And Crikey.

But why was she suddenly news again?

Well according to Vuga, it's because her Love it or Leave it party is surfing a new wave of interest and excitement.

KIM VUGA: The memberships have just been flooding through via email, I can't keep up with the amount of phone calls. — Channel Nine News Queensland, 30 May, 2017

Vuga won't say how many members the party has, which probably means it's not many, but she hopes to run in the next federal election and to have a candidate in every state.

So how well did she poll in the last one?

TIM ARVIER: Kim Vuga ran for the Senate in the last election, but received just 172 votes. — Channel Nine News Queensland, 30 May, 2017

Yes, 172 votes. Which saw her beaten by 70 other Senate candidates in Queensland and half of the independents.

Ahead on 215, for example, was Greg McMahon, whose gripes included Australian cricket team selection in the 1960s. ***read Greg McMahon's response to Media Watch

Also ahead, on 393, with more than twice as many votes as Vuga, was Greg Beattie, former President of the anti-vaxxer Australian Vaccination Network.

Not surprisingly, Nine News had no exclusive with either of them.

So why did they give Vuga a platform?

Well of course, we all know the answer: conflict and controversy is a winner. And so is bashing Islam.

So, it's little surprise that Vuga popped up on TV again a few days later on Seven's Today Tonight in Adelaide, which gave her another opportunity to spruik her views:

KIM VUGA: We need to deal with the Muslim issue in Australia. So the Muslim community can either be, you know, a part of the solution, or remain a part of the problem. — Channel Seven Today Tonight, 31 May, 2017

Kim Vuga tells Media Watch that those two TV appearances have brought the Love Australia or Leave party several hundred new members.

And given more airtime she may well become really famous.

In the wake of the London attacks, Britain's Prime Minister Theresa May suggested we've become too tolerant of extremism.

But in a heightened climate of fear perhaps the media are also too tolerant of extreme and divisive views. Surely, the last thing we need now is another media-made Pauline.