Fighting for quality news media in the digital age.

  1. Comment
April 30, 2012

As Daily Mail campaigns against online porn, Mail Online story url promises ‘nipples’ and ‘tight pink bikini’

By Dominic Ponsford1

I wholeheartedly back the Daily Mail’s campaign for a new system requiring internet providers to filter out online porn.

And I know ‘Block Online Porn’ is aimed at stronger stuff than the glamorous images routinely on display at Mail Online, but I do wonder sometimes how closely Mail editor Paul Dacre looks at his wildly successful online stablemate. Does he know that a good deal of its content consists of copious quantities of raunchy pics showing scantily clad women cavorting on beaches? Examples here and here from today.

The SEO-friendly url for the latter piece tells us a lot about the news values of Mail Online, it reads: “Maria-Fowler-courts-attention-Marbella-beach-exposes-nipples-tight-pink-bikin”.

Let he is without sin and all that.


Topics in this article :

Email pged@pressgazette.co.uk to point out mistakes, provide story tips or send in a letter for publication on our "Letters Page" blog

Websites in our network