For maximum effect, Time highlighted Obey's quote in large letters under a picture of two school girls eating. Conservatives contend that free food has done little to solve the problems plaguing the nation. You see strong young men who are a danger to themselves and their community. Time failed to note that Brown's Tufts center has estimated the number of hungry American children at 12 million, twice as high as previous liberal activist estimates, citing as a source the Census Bureau, which has completed no studies of hunger in America. They didn't cut anything.
Time is part of that Washington abuse of the language that perpetually confuses the voters.
They are extraordinarily inefficient in their targeting. Every time the Republicans propose to fix that, the school lunch managers fight it, because more affluent schools will drop out of the program. When asked for comment, Gleick referred MediaWatch to Washington bureau reporter Ann Blackman, who failed to return repeated phone calls. But in 1995, Time's journalistic approach is not about balance, and it's not about exploring the nuances of a program to make it work more efficiently. It's the kind of journalism that warns of an ax falling, but the ax never falls.