Meat Photo Scandal Rocks World Of Vegan Magazines

Posted by David Ozanich — 15 Apr 2011

Ah, the old bait and switch is alive and well at , a magazine devoted to the vegan lifestyle. They are currently because they've been outed for photoshopping stock photos of meat dishes and claiming they're vegan for recipe illustrations. Oh the humanity! The Awl :

Reading through the comment thread on the big reveal (which is an incredible document) actually shows not just straight outrage but also a number of people that are upset but wanting to be supportive of the magazine, which issued a really bad apology, in which they note they have more than 1 million readers a month but claiming that it's "industry standard to use stock photography in magazines." (No, it isn't actually?) Unfortunately, a former employee claims that the letter "is filled with outright lies."

Read the letter and comments and decide for yourself if VegNews is filled with delicious, meaty lies.