SO we've reached a day when a woman's visible panty line is worthy of a headline.

We've all heard about the day the music died, but this week's story written by the Daily Mail might just symbolise the day journalism died.

Sunrise host Sam Armytage left her house to do a bit of shopping, clearly making herself a prime target for the paparazzi in her striped sundress.

I mean, who do these television personalities think they are, thinking they can duck down to the shops on a whim?

Sadly there was nothing remarkable about the photos.

Nothing at all.

Not worth a story.

Except ...

Oh. My. God

Becky, look at her butt.

Is that a VPL I see?!

Thank God that photographer was there to capture it. Imagine what we might have missed out on!

As if trying to make a VPL a story worthy of headline news wasn't bad enough, the Daily Mail then tried to make out that these panties were giant granny panties a la Bridget Jones or something.

Well, as someone who wears granny panties on a semi-regular basis, I could tell Sam's undies were just regular ones, which proves that not only was the story offensive, it was also a beat up.

If I'm promised granny panties, there had better be granny panties.

As I read the story (yes, I'm ashamed to say I gave them a click, but I was incredulous) I could feel my brain cells dying.

The real shame of it, I thought to myself, was that it's possible someone spent years at university, won themselves a hard-fought job in the media only to have to write about a poor woman's visible panty line.

Of course this is merely a symptom of our culture, which prides itself on scrutinising a woman's appearance.

A man can walk around with what appears to be a strawberry blonde swan attached to his head (yes, you Donald Trump) and be elected president.

A woman has the audacity to put on a pair of underwear, obscured by a completely respectable dress, and that can become the talking point of the day.

It wasn't too long ago that people were mortified that Chrissy Teigen forgot to wear undies to the American Music Awards and caused an even bigger stir.

I mean please, can the media decide whether it would like women to wear underwear or not? It's making life very confusing for everyone.

So Ms Armytage, I hope your lesson has been learnt.

Woolworths offers a very nice home delivery service, since you will probably never want to venture outside again thanks to these wowsers.

And if I see a politician in parliament with his tie crooked, I'm going to campaign for the front page.