STILL, LET IT be said for The Times that it
struck a blow for the press on the occasion of Mr. Macmillan's return from his tour. Some busybody had arranged that the Prime Minister should have no fewer than three television interviews, con- ducted in turn by the BBC, ITV and Canadian broadcasting companies. Having answered the prearranged questions, Mr. Macmillan then de- clined to answer questions from the press; and The Times political correspondent, in retaliation, declined to print what he had said for television. This would have been more effective if The Times had not then proceeded to print some of what Mr. Macmillan had said at the airport on another page; but, such as it was, the rebuke was well merited, and I am surprised that Mr. Macmillan should have laid himself open to it.
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