Comments on: Befriending Thugs Who Love The Planet

By: Flight of the Microcopters | Society Matters

Flight of the Microcopters | Society Matters — Wed, 11 Jan 2012 16:45:45 +0000

[...] Or does he imagine a Big Cats policy initiative in Africa like the one National Geographic supported in Gabon? [...]

By: “You’ve got to change a bit….” (reprise) | Society Matters

“You’ve got to change a bit….” (reprise) | Society Matters — Fri, 09 Dec 2011 21:45:25 +0000

[...] by focusing on The Planet, we end up climbing into bed with some nasty characters — autocrats, dictators, and demagogues. That may strike you as wrong, or immoral, or soulless. But let’s be frank: I [...]

By: The world's great dramas, all in one city block | Society Matters

The world's great dramas, all in one city block | Society Matters — Sat, 14 May 2011 22:05:16 +0000

[...] our day — the struggles for democracy, freedom, and human rights… global warming and the compromises we’ll make to combat it… the impact of media globalization on our values… the [...]

By: Closing the loop | Society Matters

Closing the loop | Society Matters — Fri, 06 May 2011 16:25:37 +0000

[...] We’re teaming up with autocratic thugs who may be Green — but who terrorize their own people. • We’re recruiting soldiers for [...]

By: Zahi Hawass & The Big Pivot | Society Matters

Zahi Hawass & The Big Pivot | Society Matters — Fri, 29 Apr 2011 18:25:18 +0000

[...] good name on air freshener and bedroom furniture… who used our Society to embolden thugs and dictators… and who sold our Society’s brand equity to Rupert Murdoch, who continues [...]

By: Omar Bongo & Son: World-class conservationists | Society Matters

Omar Bongo & Son: World-class conservationists | Society Matters — Sat, 12 Feb 2011 17:28:37 +0000

[...] Bongo is no stranger to National Geographic, of course. In Befriending Thugs Who Love The Planet, we described how National Geographic worked closely with then-President (for Life) Bongo to [...]

By: "You've got to change a bit...." | Society Matters

"You've got to change a bit...." | Society Matters — Mon, 31 Jan 2011 15:57:18 +0000

By: Does NGS care if the liberal system survives? | Society Matters

Does NGS care if the liberal system survives? | Society Matters — Tue, 18 Jan 2011 21:44:23 +0000

[...] Does the National Geographic Society have a dog in this fight? Does it matter to NGS whether or not the liberal system survives? Or can our Society’s current mission as you’ve redefined it — “to inspire people to care about the planet” — work in a world that’s hostile to liberal, democratic values? [...]

By: Thugs, oppression, global media... & democracy | Society Matters

Thugs, oppression, global media... & democracy | Society Matters — Wed, 22 Sep 2010 04:54:21 +0000

[...] please see our archives, including these stories, and these, and these. And be sure not to miss the embarrassing tale of how our Society lost its democratic bearings as it curried favor with Omar Bongo, who, until his [...]

By: Multimedia 'Survivor': Who Wins This Game? | Society Matters

Multimedia 'Survivor': Who Wins This Game? | Society Matters — Thu, 20 May 2010 14:44:49 +0000

[...] 6. Stop sucking up to despots. [...]