Paul McDevitt
Friend or foe?
NEVER let it be said that the Daily Mail isn’t balanced. Its coverage of the Zika outbreak certainly gave more than one side of the story. On 19 January, the newspaper asked, ““, enthusiastically outlining plans to advance a 2012 programme which released sterile genetically modified mosquitoes to combat the spread of dengue fever and malaria.
Soon the tables had turned. “” the Mail demanded to know on 31 January, connecting the current outbreak to a 2012 programme which released…
