Pete Wells, the NY Times restaurant critic whose mean-spirted review of Eleven Madison Park took a steep toll on its plant-based business, has adopted a plant-heavy diet to improve his health. He has yet to apologize for the defamatory review. Referencing the same mean-spirited review, The Atlantic reinforces the defamatory message that Eleven Madison Park re-introduced meat because its plant-based cuisine “didn’t taste very good” when, in fact, the customer reviews were stellar. The New Republic asserts that elected officials should be promoting, not demonizing, plant-based eating.