1 Name: cats : 2015-12-02 15:47 ID:L2hE61bU [Del]
http://ordinarytalk.tumblr.com/post/132514860024/the-death-of-national-geographic-and-some
( I'm so sorry I didn't write my own report )
On the page....
"National Geographic Magazine has been bought out by 21st Century Fox, a division of Rupert Murdoch’s News Corporation (and the infamous Fox News). About 9% of National Geographic’s award-winning staff was immediately laid off on the day of the takeover, the largest amount of layoffs in their history.
The sale marks a shift of the previous non-profit organization to a for-profit one, and most likely means that the long-term investigative reporting stories National Geographic is famous for will no longer be funded, in favor of shorter, shallower, more clickbaity stories.
Rupert Murdoch is a known climate change denier, and has a long history of disrespecting, misunderstanding, or flat-out ignoring science. The people working for National Geographic knew that the sale would likely mean the end of truly science-based writing.
So what did they write for their last non-Fox-affiliated issue?
http://41.media.tumblr.com/204814bb1363bf10936dd8110a52e198/tumblr_inline_nx9tsoIeSA1qh75ub_400.jpg
An entire issue where every single article is about the indisputable scientific truth of global warming, and what it’s doing to our planet.
National Geographic as we know it may be dead, but at least it died doing what it did best - upholding science and spreading knowledge."
Rest in Peace...National Geographic...
2 Name: cats : 2015-12-02 15:51 ID:L2hE61bU [Del]
On the side note...some actual articles.
Fox Just Bought National Geographic
http://www.iflscience.com/editors-blog/fox-just-bought-national-geographic
by:Elise Drew
Fears that Rupert Murdoch would ruin National Geographic Magazine are coming true fast
http://boingboing.net/2015/11/05/shortly-after-rupert-murdoch-b.html
by,Cory Doctorow
Sorry , this news is a bit old .
