The Press: Foul

In the FDRevering New York Post, which doesn't like Bob Taft, the story rated five columns. The headline: SENATOR TAFT'S 7-DAY DIET—HOW HE POL-LOWS HIS OWN ADVICE TO 'EAT LESS MEAT.'

The Post gave readers a bite-by-bite account of 21 elaborate meals, from scrambled eggs to sirloin steaks, eaten by Senator and Mrs. Taft on their campaign trek through the West (TIME, Oct. 6). The Post's sarcastic purpose: "To determine—from Senator Taft's example . . . how the average American should ration himself." Broadcaster Don Hollenbeck, referee of the weekly CBS Views the Press, promptly called a foul. Said Hollenbeck, who doesn't...