A News Corp style magazine has come under fire for releasing a belittling call for interns featuring an image of a woman wearing lingerie and posing on a bed on all fours.
Sunday Style, a weekly Australian glossy magazine with a circulation of 900,000 copies, posted the ad on Instagram today (9 January) but quickly removed it in response to criticism from followers.
The offending post was first noticed by Twitter user @SuzanneCarbone, a journalist at Melbourne news outlet The Age.
This is how Murdoch's Sunday Style magazine in Herald Sun & Telegraph advertises for interns on Instagram @meadeapic.twitter.com/U0xVBvhesI
— Suzanne Carbone (@SuzanneCarbone) January 9, 2015Sunday Style issued an apology for the post on Instagram where the original image was uploaded.
However, the post has been widely condemned by social media users.
"An error in judgment", alright!? How anyone thought that image was okay to advertise for interns??? #sundaystylehttp://t.co/odrPqk3FHQ
— Cat Steel (@hellocatsteel) January 9, 2015
MT@SuzanneCarbone NewsCorp's SundayStyle "error in judgement". This means someone thought it was ok originally?? http://t.co/4LI7ASJqRV
— moobaulch (@moobaulch) January 9, 2015
WTF. This is extraordinarily bad. @Sunday_Style using demeaning, sexist pix while advertising for unpaid interns. pic.twitter.com/IEOtSRSvZw
— Frances Mao (@francesmao) January 9, 2015But Twitter user @vervyerver managed to see the funny side.
