What irritates me more than anything else about the Daily Mail is its hypocrisy.

The paper likes to adopt a stance of decency and integrity, and champions family values at every opportunity, yet the entire right-hand panel on its website is constantly filled with images of women in bikinis and revealing outfits, linking to 'stories' that consist of more, similar images.

At least The Sun has the honesty to nail its colours to the masthead.

Polio was almost eradicated even before Gates thought about providing funds.

Makes a good story, though

I don't read any of the dailys. If one comes across my path I might remove the crossword and soduko.

I believe that all newspapers have their own agenda and political persuasion so I'd rather opt out.

If I want the news I'll go to the BBC thanks, TV Or website. OK, I appreciate the BBC may shuffle towards the right, but their website is excellent in that it is advert free and each page loads in seconds without fail. That's what you want in a website - for it just to be there, and quickly.

SillBill is correct to a degree although "almost eradicated" goes too far in terms of achievement.

When Rotary started the PolioPlus program, more than 350,000 children worldwide were infected annually by this crippling and sometimes fatal disease. In 2008, fewer than 2,000 children were infected, a reduction of more than 99 percent which was a massive reduction prior to Gates involvement. Rotary members have helped immunize more than 2 billion children in 122 countries.

As FE states, the relentless push to complete the job must be sustained otherwise it will re establish which is where the funding from Gates Foundation will impact.

The challenges are much more than financial, in December 2012 five aid workers were shot dead by Islamic militants in Pakistan which resulted in a temporary suspension of the vaccination programme. Taliban insurgents have repeatedly denounced the anti-polio campaign as a western plot.

I find it interesting that here at least the right wing media outlet(s) seem to attract far more criticism that the left wing ones.

WTM