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That last photo is from hurricane Harvey, it seems slate didn’t even bother doing the basic fact checking of reading the top tweet responses (where I found this

• guitarbill 7y ago
  i'm sure that argument is very reliable, from a pro-vegan blog. easy counterpoints: assuming it is shelf-stable, it would seem like an excellent option to buy it if you had no power? and if they are shelf-stable, why not store them - you know - on a shelf, and not in the perishable rack? seems cheaper, i don't quite follow. you don't store spam in a refrigerator. also, if the power did go off, and caused the refrigeration to fail, and supply chains were down, how did some ostensibly perishable items remain in the rack? (i guess it's possible staff checked them, or something else.) but fair enough, neither of us are journalists. and they definitely should be doing some kind of fact checking.
  • arijun 7y ago
    I wasn't linking that blog because of anything it has to say about veganism and that picture, but rather because it's proof the picture is from hurricane Harvey.
• wmeredith 7y ago
  Slate isn’t exactly a bastion of journalistic integrity. It’s a left tabloid.