[OT]: Another one bites the dust Science News

I have received Science News for years and the May 10, 2008 issue is  
a really major change for them.  I plan to ask for my money back.

1)  The issue weighs 2 to 3 times as much as it used to and the  
content level seems to have dropped.
2)  The issue is now filled with advertisements
                  inside back page ...... Learn to have better sex   
( full page )
                  outside back page     travel to Nova Scotia  ( full  
page )
                  pg 32  Hearing aids   ( full page )

                 10 full pages of advertising

3)  The issue is now full of pointless images
         for example :   page 24 is a full page image of human twins
                                   page 26 has a large photo of two  
women talking
                                   page 27 has a large bullet ( 1/8  
page )
                                   page 18 has a full page image of  
sparkly hexagons

4)  The issue reads more like PEOPLE magazine now.  Articles are much  
much longer now and have an author listed.
5)  The issue now has politics injected.  Page 36 is a full page  
about Science education.
6)  Page 30 and 31 is an explanation that nothing has changed  
really.  Outright lying using Orwellian double-speak.

The only positive may be the online presence of Science News
http://www.sciencenews.org

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