# National Geographic bought out by Climate Change Denier

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**Created:** [September 10, 2015, 3:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/national-geographic-bought-out-by-climate-change-denier/730494 "2015-09-10T03:38:22Z")\
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**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\
**Post date:** [September 10, 2015, 3:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/national-geographic-bought-out-by-climate-change-denier/730494/1 "2015-09-10T03:38:22Z")

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[Murdoch’s company just bought National Geographic](https://boingboing.net/2015/09/09/rupert-murdoch-just-bought-nat.html), which is just great, considering that the National Geographic Society’s mission includes giving grants to scientists.

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**Author:** ![Snowboarder\_Bo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowboarder_bo/32/229_2.png) [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\
**Post date:** [September 10, 2015, 3:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/national-geographic-bought-out-by-climate-change-denier/730494/2 "2015-09-10T03:43:36Z")

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**Author:** ![Simplicio](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c37758/32.png) [@Simplicio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Simplicio)\
**Post date:** [September 10, 2015, 4:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/national-geographic-bought-out-by-climate-change-denier/730494/3 "2015-09-10T04:08:19Z")

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> [@Czarcasm](#):
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> [Murdoch’s company just bought National Geographic](https://boingboing.net/2015/09/09/rupert-murdoch-just-bought-nat.html), which is just great, considering that the National Geographic Society’s mission includes giving grants to scientists.

The Society is the organization that gives grants. I don’t think Murdoch bought that (or even what buying a non-profit scientific research institution would even exactly entail, its not like they have shares or anything). The Society spun off its media properties, which Murdoch now owns a controlling share in.

I can sort of see the logic of selling that stuff to a media company rather than try and manage it themselves. But aside from Murdoch’s anti-science bent, I think the real problem is that running the various TV shows and magazines for profit will end up turning them into the same reality show dominated mess other for-profit TV channels with a putatively educational mission have turned into.