Media blasted for Cyrus treatment

Hannah Montana co-creator Michael Poryes has slammed the press for its treatment of star Miley Cyrus.

Poryes, who serves as the executive producer on the Disney Channel show, said the 15-year-old should be left to grow up outside the media glare.

He is quoted as saying: "To say the tabloids are paying attention to her is a very kind way of saying it. It becomes like Miley Cyrus bites her fingernails is news at 11.

"They don't give her a break for being able to go through the aches and pains of being an adolescent. Everyone has the right to go through being an adolescent. They blow everything out of proportion and a little misstep becomes the biggest tragedy that ever struck mankind."

The actress recently caused outrage in the US when she posed for Vanity Fair magazine wrapped in only a blanket.

Poryes added that the show's cast and crew are trying to help her handle the controversy, saying: "The challenge of that is to do our best to make Miley feel - at least in this circle of people - that it's fine to make mistakes, you're not going to be judged or scrutinised on set."