The New National Geographic

[kpete]

not
National Geographic Society sets biggest layoff in its history
https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/style/national-geographic-society-sets-biggest-layoff-in-its-history/2015/11/03/2966e1b4-8252-11e5-a7ca-6ab6ec20f839_story.html

[VanillaRhapsody]

1. I can see the article now...

How were Pyramids used to store grain....

[Fumesucker]

2. The Science and Engineering of Noah's Ark

What's a cubit?

[kwassa]

3. A cubit.

[valerief]

8. A Rupert's Cubit. nt

[annabanana]

13. DUzy!!

DAMN that's funny on a bunch of levels.

[valerief]

17. Thanks, but it was handed to me. Just working off the picture and cubit post. nt

[lame54]

5. Right

[KamaAina]

21. Nice post, Cosby!

[forest444]

4. If you research back issues, you'll find a creeping neocon bias at National Geographic since 1990.

The bias has been more subtle than the spoof cover above, of course; but you'll notice it especially in their articles about foreign lands and cities.

It started in earnest with the "behind the iron curtain" stories that year, which really played up the Eastern-Europe-is-a-hellhole stereotype. When a magazine shows you nothing but pollution and poverty in an article about any given country or region - while making articles about other (equally poor and polluted, but "market-friendly&quot countries look like tourist brochures - that's propaganda.

[2naSalit]

14. I stopped subscribing back then...

Sadly, the propaganda machine marches ever forward in it's crusade to fool the public while it hides the crimes against humanity and all life on the planet.

[forest444]

16. I hear you.

I stopped subscribing myself in 2012.

I don't think it's any coincidence that a lot of the people on the Nat Geo board, are also TPP advocates.

[KamaAina]

22. Since 1990? Gen. Curtis "Bomb 'em back to the Stone Age" LeMay was on NGS' board long before that.

[NightWatcher]

6. Photos of naked aboriginal tribes replaced with Kardashian nipple slips

[Duval]

7. LOL! Thanks,kpete! eom

[LittleGirl]

9. I'm so disappointed

Love that !

[Fritz Walter]

10. Next issue: Our Global Manifest Destiny: We're Taking Your Fossil Fuels

With a sidebar, "Breaking Wind (and Solar)"

[Gothmog]

11. Great National Geographic cover

[SoapBox]

12. It's all very depressing.

[LanternWaste]

15. I s'pose the Girls of Fracking feature will entertain the MRA's...

I s'pose the Girls of Fracking feature will entertain the MRA's who will rush to rationalize its relevance to science as was done in its relevance to sports...

Possibly, National Geographic has allowed itself an almost brand-new demographic of sub-literate half-wits.

[WalterNeff]

18. May I introduce myself

Howdy all - just wanted to let you know that this was my handy work (I'm a magazine designer). Happy to see it pop up here on this fine site. Carry on.

[Arugula Latte]

20. Good work!

Thanks for this! Hope you stick around DU.

[Mendocino]

24. You said

it wasn't an accident...check.

[Dirty Socialist]

19. My Bet Is

The first to go were the fact checkers.

[Bucky]

23. So Murdoch gives up on climate denial and returns to his first love, screwing workers

[Mendocino]

25. CO 2

Great compound or greatest compound?

[central scrutinizer]

26. Page Three should be interesting

If you don't know, Page 3 is the soft core porn page of The Sun