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Evening Standard goes all Daily Mail with "sexiest WAG" and "nude dominatrix" stories

Mike Pollitt | Thursday 7 June, 2012 11:27

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“Melanie Slade has been voted the hottest WAG of England’s Euro 2012 squad – while Coleen Rooney came bottom of the poll.”

Thanks, Evening Standard! I’ve been wondering what the consensus was going to be about hot WAG this year.

Something is afoot on the Standard’s recently relaunched website.

Today we have the WAG story, which obviously doesn’t objectify women at all, headlined:

Pictures: Who has been voted sexiest WAG of Euro 2012?

While yesterday we were treated to the following story, whose headline was written in the strange language of SEO rather than English:

Lara Pulver Sherlock dominatrix nude scene wins her best actress nomination

It was, naturally, accompanied by a picture of Lara Pulver Sherlock dominatrix nude scene.

The Daily Mail-ification of London’s dedicated daily newspaper has begun. Hurrah!

See also:

London has chosen its Mayor, why can’t we chose our own media
The Evening Standard: even more pro-Boris than in 2008?

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