The fallout, uproar, outrage, hew and cry, etc. (pick your favorite descriptor) over the Miley Cyrus Vanity Fair pics continues.

Vanity Fair has released a video with behind-the-scenes footage of the Annie Leibovitz photo shoot with Miley Cyrus and her father Billy Ray Cyrus. All looks ordinary and unremarkable given the controversy and the furor.

Here is some media coverage — CNN, CNBC, and “The View” all weigh in on the discussion.

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A discussion on CNN regarding the implications of the Vanity Fair photographs for the Hannah Montana Disney franchise.

The Miley Cyrus Vanity Fair pictures discussed on ABC’s The View. Whoppi Goldberg, who has been photographed by Annie Liebovitz offers her first-hand perspective on the Miley Cyrus photo shoot.

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Is it the Miley Cyrus Vanity Fair photo shoot a scandal? Bill Zwecker, Chicago Sun-Times Columnist addresses the question:

‘‘In this post-Britney and Lindsay period, every young star who has a meteoric rise like Miley will undergo ongoing scrutiny by the public,’’ longtime Hollywood image consultant and stylist Helen Bauerman told me today. ‘‘In this case you also have the ‘Disney factor’ at work too. … It’s vital for them that Miley’s image remain true to that wholesome image.’’

As for the Disney Channel — where Cyrus’ ‘‘Hannah Montana’’ show is a huge success — they issued a statement blasting Vanity Fair for ‘‘a situation created … to deliberately manipulate a 15-year-old in order to sell magazines.’’

Yet Vanity Fair editors also quoted Miley in a photo caption — released with the photo last week, promoting the upcoming interview with her and her dad, Billy Ray Cyrus:

‘‘I think it’s really artsy. It wasn’t in a skanky way. Annie took, like a beautitul shot, and I thought that was really cool,’’ Miley is quoted as saying about the photo.

Leibovitz herself reacted to the hubub this afternoon: ‘‘I’m sorry that my portrait of Miley has been misinterpreted,’’ she said in a statement released by Vanity Fair. ‘‘Miley and I looked at fashion photographs together and we discussed the picture in that context before we shot it. The photograph is a simple, classic portrait, shot with very little makeup, and I think it is very beautiful.’’

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