this article may be illegal in the state of Texas

In some parts of the country, the cattle lobby has so much power that it's illegal to insult red meat.

So how did this story get through?

Diets high in red meat and in processed meat shorten life span not just from cancer and heart disease but from Alzheimer's, stomach ulcers and an array of other conditions as well, a U.S. National Cancer Institute study has found.

Could this possibly be -- gasp! -- unpoliticized science?!