The Daily Star and Daily Mail have both today accused the BBC of exploiting presenter Holly Willoughby's cleavage in an attempt to attract viewers.
Putting aside the fact the allegations are a bit of nonsense, trumped up to justify reproducing several pictures of said cleavage, there is also more than a whiff of hypocrisy about all of this. The Mail Online's story is next to its ubiquitous right hand column packed full of pictures of famous women (mostly Kim Kardashian) in bikinis or lingerie to draw in web traffic:
Meanwhile the Daily Star's front page splash - which branded Willoughby's outfit a "sex trick" - was just the turn of a page away from today's Page 3 girl:
In the distance, an irony meter exploded...
Posted by: Carlos | May 07, 2012 at 21:15