Food Coverage Gets Squeezed

摘要

It should come as no great surprise that content dedicated to food-related topics in United States news outlets has been squeezed by other matters deemed more timely by news media. Primary elections have come and gone, and general election campaigning is gearing up, as is the complexity of the U.S. and allied nations' efforts to reconcile the war and reconstruction in Iraq and defend against regular attacks of terrorism. These and other matters have been provided extensive exposure within the media, and rightfully so. But by comparison, daily updates on the occurrence and resolution of mad cow disease in the U.S. cattle system have been nearly eliminated. The topic of obesity has maintained its foothold in the news—although information published has been long on hypothesis and rhetoric while short on science facts—but has shared its space with food safety, nutrition, and product trend issues—areas where IFT-member experts have been busy.