The amusing thing about the National Geograpic decline...is that so many people grew up with it and would readily return to it today...IF they simply went with the original concept of telling a geographic story with neutral respect. A quarter of all the stories are now non-geographic and don't have any place being in the magazine...other than being environmental or anti-global business (amusingly tied together). During any election period, over the past ten years, they've gone heavy against the Republican party and attempted to stir up serious negative feelings. I gave up on them two years ago...and other than seeing the magazine at my dentist or doctor's office...I never read it.
I agree. I subscribed to National Geographic for my wife for at least 15 years. I noticed the slant at least 10 years ago. It got worse and worse till I gave up on it 5 years ago. Kept the subscription for my wife. She let me know last year not to renew as she had reached her breaking point. She is far less political than I. That they managed to run her off speaks volumes.