[Aztlan] National Geographic Magazine

[David Stuart]

I was shown the preliminary text of this NG article about two months  
ago, and was thoroughly appalled by what I read.  The editors said it  
was too late to make major changes.  So why bother vetting it with  
the people who know anything, I wonder?? It was like with Apocalypto,  
when Mel Gibson decided to show me the rough cut here in Austin only  
months before the release, and then wouldn't take suggestions.

It isn't surprising I guess, but it appears these large media efforts  
in print or on screen -- and National Geographic is now a media  
company more than anything else -- no longer really care much what  
experts think or say.  They just want a "good story," truth or fiction.

DS