Talk:Brookings Institution

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I changed this entry to reflect what I found about this thinktank's place on the political spectrum, since that's what I was looking for when I first accessed it. Vanu 20:49, 15 Jan 2004 (UTC)

Contents 1 Center-right? 2 Funders list accurate? 3 Didn't Nixon want to fire bomb this place? 4 Political Orientation 5 Also on Political Orientation 6 More on Political Orientation 7 Criticisms 8 introduction 9 Nixon's "Hit List"

[edit] Center-right?

Brookins is considered center or center left, however heritage is clearly conservative, so call them center right is fairly generous. Just look at their own site's self-description:

http://www.heritage.org/about/

Also the wiki on Heritage describes it as conservative:

Similarly with AEI, it is clearly conservative (Lynne Cheney is a senior fellow, Muth, the President worked for Reagan, etc.)

http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=American_Enterprise_Institute

http://www.pfaw.org/pfaw/general/default.aspx?oid=4456

Compare to Brooking's about and description in sourcewatch:

http://www.brook.edu/index/about.htm

http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Brookings_Institution

--OneWorld22 07:25, 26 October 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Funders list accurate?

Why are none of the foundations listed under Funders listed on Media Transparency's page for Brookings Institution (http://www.mediatransparency.org/recipientgrants.php?recipientID=570)? --Slark 21:35, 2005 Apr 13 (UTC)

[edit] Didn't Nixon want to fire bomb this place?

Didn't Nixon want to fire bomb this place?

see

• http://www.j-bradford-delong.net/Nixon_any_means.html
• http://www.rotten.com/library/bio/presidents/richard-m-nixon/
• http://educationforum.ipbhost.com/lofiversion/index.php/t4523.html
• http://www.fair.org/index.php?page=1436
• http://www.cnn.com/US/9710/26/nixon.tapes/

GangofOne 01:29, 23 August 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Political Orientation

I took out the word "liberal" from the introductory paragraph, although it is true that many of the people who work there are "liberal". However, it is 1) officially non-partisan, 2) has some conservative people on staff as well, and 3) its political orientation is complicated and has its own section below. Sound good? Thanks, Afelton 17:23, 17 September 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Also on Political Orientation

I don't think that the link to MediaTransparency is fair and balanced, as it is looking only at conservative research funders. Perhaps there is a better link on funders that presents things in a more balanced light?

[edit] More on Political Orientation

I removed "Nevertheless, Brookings is widely acclaimed for its intellectual rigor and pragmatic approach to a wide range of policy issues." Unsupported claim.

[edit] Criticisms

For WP:NPOV, this article should have a "Criticisms" section. I'm not familar with the organization enough to know what criticism they have recieved but doing what they do.. I'm sure it is out there. Morphh 13:28, 18 September 2006 (UTC)

[edit] introduction

the introduction needs some info - what is it? a non-profit corporation? funded by who?

[edit] Nixon's "Hit List"

I have removed the section regarding the Nixon administration as it is highly questionable regarding NPOV and has a dubious source. Nicholasink 02:17, 29 October 2006 (UTC)

The comment about NPOV is flatly wrong, and the sourcing issue was trivial to fix. Raul654 04:27, 29 October 2006 (UTC)