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Botany

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5. From the Grosvenor Family to Rupert Murdoch

Reply to Glorfindel (Reply #2)

Thu Sep 10, 2015, 08:32 AM

Sep 2015

Something so good should never be in the hands of Murdoch.

BTW National Geographic has been part of my life for 50 + years.

I read National Geo's "Book of Dogs" many times over as a kid.

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I just canceled my national geographic subscription [View all] Botany Sep 2015 OP

Is there nothing Murdock won't seek to sully with his evil fingers? TexasProgresive Sep 2015 #1

To sit and drink a beer or a cup of coffee and read Nat. Geo. was a real pleasure .... Botany Sep 2015 #3

So did I. My own, and two gift subscriptions I have given for many years Glorfindel Sep 2015 #2

I just told my husband about this and he has been a subscriber for 60 years, too, mnhtnbb Sep 2015 #4

From the Grosvenor Family to Rupert Murdoch Botany Sep 2015 #5

- IDemo Sep 2015 #6

I just renewed mine a couple of months ago. Sheldon Cooper Sep 2015 #7

You can call the # I posted and they will send you a refund Botany Sep 2015 #10

The society still owns a percentage of the assets. CBGLuthier Sep 2015 #8

Then anyone who cancels their subscription can donate to the society. ladyVet Sep 2015 #12

Yes, more reality shows. nt Logical Sep 2015 #15

Ya mean science fundd by a climate change denier? Armstead Sep 2015 #23

One small solace of civilization is gone for me. Only when Murdoch dies will I buy it again. nt ancianita Sep 2015 #9

I cancelled mine years ago NV Whino Sep 2015 #11

Actually, National Geographic Snobblevitch Sep 2015 #13

Murdoch breathed his fetid conservative breath into NatGeo tee vee re Dallas. Octafish Sep 2015 #14

LOL, I sometimes think you are just fucking with us. nt Logical Sep 2015 #16

Roger Ailes glommed on to Rupert via Nixon and Reagan. Octafish Sep 2015 #17

Oswald did it. End of story. nt Logical Sep 2015 #18

That's what Allen Dulles and J Edgar Hoover said. Octafish Sep 2015 #24

very sad news hfojvt Sep 2015 #19

Me too, Botany! Generic Other Sep 2015 #20

I'm not canceling mine - I bought a lifetime membership and they won't make a dime! csziggy Sep 2015 #21

My subscription ran out last month. Owl Sep 2015 #22