Tibbits: Can you trust National Geogrphic's professionlism ?

I was surprised that this international publication would have such a title in its 2004, Feb 26 issue titled:

English in Decline as a First Language, Study Says

Well, all people know the colonial days are gone and things would be settled. Soon, English is just like Malay, a language in a corner of the world.

Read the sub-headline:


Now, what is your view on this? Don't the big publication like NatGeo knows that there is Esperanto ?

http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2004/02/0226_040226_language.html

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