The front page of today's The Courier Mail has drawn backlash on social media for its treatment of murder victim Mayang Prasetyo.
Exhibit A: Courier Mail front page Exhibit B: link to make a press council complaint: http://t.co/rw6iAADmi4
The 27-year-old woman was killed by her husband Marcus Peter Volke, who then ended his own life as police arrived at their Brisbane apartment.
The Mail's use of trans slurs and its focus on Prasetyo's sex work has upset many.
You're all class, Courier-Mail
@couriermail Your front page transphobic headline for this story is utterly disgusting and disrespectful.
@couriermail SHAME on you all for THIS headline! Proving again that your brand of 'journalism' is better described as #gutterpress.
Woah, hadn't seen inside the Courier Mail via @YaThinkN
. @couriermail I am appalled at your disrespectful treatment of Mayang Prasetyo. A woman has died and you cannot afford her dignity.
@couriermail Your highlighting of a domestic-murder victim's gender, sexuality, or employment is unethical sensationalist nonsense.
One Twitter user pointed out the contrast with reports on Melbourne woman Jill Meagher's murder in 2012.
Can you imagine a snap of Jill Meagher in a bikini accompanied by an offensive descriptor on the front page of the Courier Mail? Course not.
Another "fixed" the headline.
I fixed your terribly wrong headline for you @couriermail @wrongdorey. #domesticviolenceawareness
And local MP Terri Butler spoke out against the transphobia in the headline and story.
Transphobia hurts people and families. So does family and domestic violence. #qldpol
Many Twitter users urged people to report the paper to the Press Council.
fucking courier fucking mail god i am furious. use this http://t.co/QZC9fu3oDN
While others circulated a petition requesting that The Courier Mail apologise.
If you're disgusted by the @couriermail and their lack of morals when reporting on sex workers & trans* please sign: http://t.co/zMmxMYhwIm
The Courier Mail has not officially responded to the backlash, but one journalist who works for the paper defended the story on Twitter.
And this is how the hacks responsible for the horrible courier mail story are maturely dealing with the criticism