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National Geographic denies political
bias influenced decision to release
pro-Obama film before election

Daily Caller, by Greg Re

Original Article

Posted By:Pluperfect, 10/6/2012 5:42:49 AM

National Geographic Channel President Howard Owens denied Thursday that the network’s decision to air a pro-Obama video just two days before the November election was motivated in any way by political considerations. “Harvey obviously doesn’t schedule our network,” Owens said, referring to The Weinstein Co. Co-chairman Harvey Weinstein, whose company is producing “Seal Team Six: The Raid on Osama bin Laden,” a thriller based on President Barack Obama’s decision to kill al-Qaida leader Osama bin Laden. “[We're] not political. We are opportunistic, from a programming perspective.” Instead, Owens said National Geographic wanted to release

  

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Reply 1 - Posted by: Grace Veritas, 10/6/2012 5:49:49 AM     (No. 8913570)

Coincidences multiply lately.


Reply 2 - Posted by: country boy, 10/6/2012 6:12:02 AM     (No. 8913580)

Oh yeah, spike that football. It's really helping us in places like Libya. Just ask the family of Christopher Stevens.


   

 

  


 
Reply 3 - Posted by: Japanorama, 10/6/2012 6:20:02 AM     (No. 8913585)

My family won't be buying Nat Geo products in the future.


Reply 4 - Posted by: Robinsolana, 10/6/2012 6:26:14 AM     (No. 8913589)

This does not pass the laugh test.
Time to end your subscription. Don't you have enough of these piling up in the basement already.


Reply 5 - Posted by: steveW, 10/6/2012 6:44:00 AM     (No. 8913605)

Sponsored by Goebbels.


Reply 6 - Posted by: Keekng, 10/6/2012 6:54:18 AM     (No. 8913620)

The moon is really a ball of cheese.


Reply 7 - Posted by: pucky1, 10/6/2012 6:54:25 AM     (No. 8913621)

This could have worldwide impact, just like "The Innocense of Muslims" with riots and embassy bombings breaking out and reminding us...again..that Obama's foreign policy is a shambles.

No, I don't this will help Obama in the least.

The real shame is that all of those early-voting Dems have no chance to recall their vote.


   

 

  


 
Reply 8 - Posted by: Keekng, 10/6/2012 6:55:43 AM     (No. 8913625)

Reminds me of the letters coming from Nigeria.


Reply 9 - Posted by: WhamDBambam, 10/6/2012 7:01:18 AM     (No. 8913637)

After National Geographic jumped into the tank for global warming, it's descent into political gamesmanship accelerated rapidly. That's why I terminated my 30+ year subscription.


Reply 10 - Posted by: rightdog, 10/6/2012 7:09:59 AM     (No. 8913648)

The liberal flying monkeys rail at the Daily Caller, further publicized by FNC, for releasing the full video of the Choomganster-in-Chief's 2007 race baiting rant, calling it "unfair" and "politically motivated" on the eve of the first debate. Meanwhile, NG releasing the details of the Osama raid is ho-hum news, nothing to see here. I agree with other Ldotters: the MuzzBro maddogs are just waiting for this to use as another excuse for an outbreak of beheadings, raids and general violence. Oh, well....


Reply 11 - Posted by: srhcb, 10/6/2012 7:11:03 AM     (No. 8913650)

When dentist's waiting rooms go digital National Geographic will be history.


Reply 12 - Posted by: hybernicus, 10/6/2012 7:11:07 AM     (No. 8913651)

I ended my subscription to NG years ago because of its support for the Gore Gobal Warming fraud. Here is reason not to reconsider that decision.


   

 



 
Reply 13 - Posted by: uno, 10/6/2012 7:14:43 AM     (No. 8913657)

National Geo's bottom line is looking good for the end of the financial year though...


Reply 14 - Posted by: cb, 10/6/2012 7:16:25 AM     (No. 8913664)

Same here, #9. My husband and I dropped it when it ceased to be 'my father's National Geographic'. Growing up, we always had it--my dad had a collection of them going back 35 years. He gave us a subscription for years after we were married. Sad really.


Reply 15 - Posted by: fiddle ed, 10/6/2012 7:22:14 AM     (No. 8913673)

I gave up on National Geographic a couple of years ago. It's just a shameless promotion of global warming propaganda.


Reply 16 - Posted by: Mai Bad, 10/6/2012 7:29:13 AM     (No. 8913680)

Yo..yo...BOYCOTT NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC!!!!


Reply 17 - Posted by: Tennman, 10/6/2012 7:49:37 AM     (No. 8913697)

No pressure if you're in on the plan.


   

 

  


 
Reply 18 - Posted by: fireman28, 10/6/2012 8:03:54 AM     (No. 8913722)

That movie may come out just in time for the election; however, how many people will go see it in time?

Meanwhile, I'm sure the GOP in the House and Senate will have more and more news about Libya and our dead Ambassador.

The pictures are starting to come out and every self respecting Dem should be horrified.


Reply 19 - Posted by: West Side Irish, 10/6/2012 8:07:11 AM     (No. 8913733)

I can't cancel what I don't have, dropped NG years ago. You couldn't get through an article about the annual pickle festival in Iowa without a paragraph or two on Global Warming or the dangers or urban sprawl.


Reply 20 - Posted by: LAW428, 10/6/2012 8:09:55 AM     (No. 8913737)

They're not being political when they tout global warming either, just ask them.


Reply 21 - Posted by: jalo1951, 10/6/2012 8:10:26 AM     (No. 8913739)

So if a poorly produced "movie" clip on youtube sets the muslim world on fire. What do they think a slick hollywood movie about killing ubl will do? I believe in the first amendment and anyone can produce any movie they want and I can choose not to watch it. But I will not attack anyone or destroy property because I disagree with you. Do I believe NatGeo in a word no. Will some nut job in the middle east use this as an excuse for bad behavior probably.


Reply 22 - Posted by: fleetusa, 10/6/2012 8:12:49 AM     (No. 8913746)

If you believe this, I've got a bridge to sell you.


   

 



 
Reply 23 - Posted by: nonsense, 10/6/2012 8:15:06 AM     (No. 8913751)

Shame on Nat. Geo. for thinking the American people are stupid. Harvey Weinstein is at the top of the far Left heap of spinners.


Reply 24 - Posted by: MisterDickens, 10/6/2012 8:29:22 AM     (No. 8913771)

How did this happen to a once great magazine? And what is it that allows Howard Owens to walk to the mic and outright lie?

I'm ready for the pendulum to swing in the other direction. If it does, people like this guy better watch out.


Reply 25 - Posted by: lifelonghuman, 10/6/2012 8:33:55 AM     (No. 8913778)

Actually, it's a bit sad to me. In the past ten years I've noticed the rather harsh left attitude of four magazines I used to read. Nat'l Geo, Sci Amer, Science, and The Smithsonian. Maybe it was always there, but I think they've come out of the woodwork lately. Now I'm down to Mental Floss. Yeah, it's left, too, but only because they think they're intellectual. To me, they're fun!


Reply 26 - Posted by: perplexed, 10/6/2012 8:58:44 AM     (No. 8913837)

It is a shame what they have done to this and Readers Digest.
I grew up loving both National Geographic and Readers Digest,I have dropped both from my life.


Reply 27 - Posted by: moebellini, 10/6/2012 9:02:50 AM     (No. 8913846)


Reply 28 - Posted by: GoDeacs79, 10/6/2012 9:04:10 AM     (No. 8913850)

Traditionally NG has shown us the many wonders of the earth that occur naturally and I guess it was to be expected they would go down the global warming road. But what does a military mission to kill a terrorist have to do with any of the that?


Reply 29 - Posted by: moebellini, 10/6/2012 9:04:58 AM     (No. 8913852)

If you read National Geographic Magazine you will see that they are nothing more than lap dogs for Obama's policies.That's why I canceled my subscription a few years ago.


Reply 30 - Posted by: Bubbasuncle, 10/6/2012 9:06:57 AM     (No. 8913855)

Decision wasn't politically motivated, yeah right. By the way, that dress doesn't make the Mooch's butt look big either.


Reply 31 - Posted by: rustycfc, 10/6/2012 9:07:15 AM     (No. 8913856)

me too #26.


Reply 32 - Posted by: Coy860, 10/6/2012 9:07:40 AM     (No. 8913857)

This should be considered a "donation in kind" to the Obama campaign, and as such should be investigated by the FEC.
Perhaps one of the Legal Foundations will seek a Court Order to stop the release before the election?


Reply 33 - Posted by: voxpopuli, 10/6/2012 9:09:27 AM     (No. 8913863)

canceled in the 70's or 80's when they had one of their main articlea on DETROIT!!


Reply 34 - Posted by: Holeymoses, 10/6/2012 9:10:51 AM     (No. 8913868)

People have had Obama's greatness in their face everyday of the week. Will anyone except Chris Matthews be watching this film? Too much, too late.


Reply 35 - Posted by: miceal, 10/6/2012 9:17:16 AM     (No. 8913876)

I sure hope the islamoscumbags DO NOT have the names and addresses of the producers of this anti islamic screed....


Reply 36 - Posted by: Canesplitter, 10/6/2012 9:25:19 AM     (No. 8913891)

How many homes even have Nat geo channel in their cable package? As many as have NFL channel? My basic cable package has neither. But I get Mike Rowe's programs on Hist/Disc!


Reply 37 - Posted by: Rama41, 10/6/2012 9:27:55 AM     (No. 8913901)

Other than Locked up Abroad, which focuses on ne'er-do-wells from the 47% who got caught smuggling drugs, I seldom watch Nat Geo.


Reply 38 - Posted by: suedotsue, 10/6/2012 9:42:34 AM     (No. 8913933)

Obama has already been mocked by the rank and file in Egypt and Kuwait for bragging about killing Osama. Things like Obama, we're all Osamas, and Obama there are billions of Osamas, were chanted around the time of our ambassador's murder. If anything, Obama bragging about killing bin Laden made things much worse. As will showing this movie.


Reply 39 - Posted by: ltaormina, 10/6/2012 10:14:39 AM     (No. 8913987)

Everyone write NG and your cable subscriber and complain. Suggest they offer 2016 movie also.


Reply 40 - Posted by: saryden, 10/6/2012 10:18:45 AM     (No. 8913998)

I have often thought National Geographic had no right to make its fortune selling us pictures of our Earth... of course with their own spin on what the pictures might mean.
GW was the final straw, though... outright lying to us... toadying to the UN, global government, Agenda 21.


Reply 41 - Posted by: SoCalGal, 10/6/2012 10:43:10 AM     (No. 8914037)

Owens might have been more convincing if he hadn't repeatedly referred to "Harvey". (Weinstein, the producer of the film.) They are obviously friends. Makes his whole protest sound lame. Mendacious?


Reply 42 - Posted by: earlybird, 10/6/2012 10:47:49 AM     (No. 8914050)

Everyone knows that Harvey Weinstain and Obie are (for now, anyway) best buds. Weinstein had a big fundraiser for Obie in his Connecticut home. (I'll bet the disingenuous Howard Owens was even there.)

Weinstein is opportunistic. Owens knows him well enough to refer to him as "Harvey". They are probably best buds, too.

So we have Obama->Weinstein->Howard. Opportunists, all.


Reply 43 - Posted by: afherkdriver, 10/6/2012 11:03:30 AM     (No. 8914081)

I saw through NG years ago. They are so liberal it made my teeth ache and I wasn't even in a dentist''s waiting room.


Reply 44 - Posted by: bullhead, 10/6/2012 11:26:00 AM     (No. 8914132)

I cancelled my NG subscription because, as has been said here, their "Global Warming" propaganda, AND their adherence to evolution theory.

Too bad, because they have some great photography and writers.


Reply 45 - Posted by: southernboy, 10/6/2012 11:54:02 AM     (No. 8914191)

I cancelled my subscription to NG about two years ago.
I was finished with the Earth-warming political cr** they were writing under the guise of Nature.


Reply 46 - Posted by: Philipsonh, 10/6/2012 12:01:44 PM     (No. 8914208)

Using the Government's own blathering, this film will cause massive Mid-East protests. No
patriotic organization would ever run it. Are they going to be held accountable for the potential violence ? and this is a real film, not some concocted reel on u-tube that the Muslims supposedly realized existed two months after it was posted. This anti-Muslim film is being advertised. Hopefully, the violence will start BEFORE the release date, based on pirated copies or just advertisements, and it will DOOM Obama's re-election chances. That is the only good thing that can come of it. There are some really sick people in this Country.


Reply 47 - Posted by: whyyeseyec, 10/6/2012 1:26:53 PM     (No. 8914397)

Aren`t they afraid of raising the ire of the muslim world by releasing this film? After all, we were told a 13 minute video on YouTube was responsible for the death of Ambassador Steven in Benghazi. Seems to me releasing a 90 minute film might be worth 7 or 8 Ambassador deaths in the Middle East....


Reply 48 - Posted by: MickTurn, 10/6/2012 7:06:37 PM     (No. 8914885)

Right, and the naked women you showed in the old days was not meant to titillate the masses.


Reply 49 - Posted by: laotzu, 10/7/2012 9:39:15 AM     (No. 8915615)

America'as two greatest institution -- the Smithsonian and National Geographic -- veered left a long time ago. The natural result when government becomes your biggest contributor or consumer.



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