Talk:Center for American Progress

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this organization describes itself as 'progressive', not 'liberal' as is used in opening sentence here

same thing. liberals don't like the word liberal these days, so they use progressive. but progressive is not the same as liberal, but they don't bother to worry 'bout that...
You can not speak for a group which you are not a member of. --Lincoln F. Stern 18:59, 1 February 2007 (UTC)

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[edit] Attribution & Validation nonexistent

I think there are some points which need immediate correction. Otherwise, the veracity of the article can be, and is called into question.

First: The newspaper in Atlanta which is mentioned is the Constitution-Journal, _not_ the Atlanta Constitution. Please note their website/url - http://www.ajc.com/.

Second: The attribution of a quote should have references provided, preferably online in a current url, but if not available online, it should reference a correct name, date of publication, proper title and headline, author and page of publication, and ISBN.

The item to which I refer is as follows: "...in the words of the Atlanta Constitution, "former Clinton Chief of Staff John Podesta has launched a liberal policy institute, the Center for American Progress, to drive the message for Democrats."

There is no author attribution, no date of publication, no headline title, etc. It could be reasonably and successfully argued that it (the alleged quote) is merely an an "Internet fabrication." And it follows that if that alleged quote is erroneous, what does it say about the rest of the article? K. L. Bardon 13:32, 19 June 2006 (UTC)


[edit] Meta-NPOV

I question GuyZero's 5/21/07 revert of the external link I added on 5/19/07.

GuyZero removed my external link to the "Discover the Networks" entry for the Center for American Progress.

"Discover the Network" describes itself as a "Guide to the Online Left".

Its counterpart on the left is SourceWatch.

On most Wikipedia entries for conservative organizations, there is an external link to that organization's entry at SourceWatch.

It seems only reasonable to me on a meta-level that if Wikipedia allows the Sourcewatch external links, it ought to allow the "Discover the Networks" external links.

I'll check back in a few days to see if GuyZero responds.

Jackjump 20:28, 21 May 2007 (UTC)

Jack, the linked page on Discover the Networks appears to contain unsourced claims (i.e. "CAP is the official Hillary Clinton think tank") that I couldn't find any other corroboration. This article is lacking any criticism and information with regards to funding -- my suggestion in the edit history is to perhaps incorporate some of the properly sourced material on the Discover the Networks into this article? On a meta-level, in my opinion, each external link should be considered individually, which applies equally to sourcewatch. regards, --guyzero | talk 22:09, 21 May 2007 (UTC)
Thanks, GuyZero. The SourceWatch links are to a Wiki, and thus change unpredictably over time. Your perspective, which I think has merit, would suggest that external links to SourceWatch or other forms of changing user-generated content are not appropriate as external links from Wikipedia. I'll think about what you say about the DTN link.Jackjump 11:58, 22 May 2007 (UTC)
Just to clarify -- my perspective is only that all external links should be checked and weighed individually for inclusion. I don't have an opinion either way with regards to SourceWatch. Wikipedia:External_links seems to be the relevant guideline. cheers, --guyzero | talk 22:40, 22 May 2007 (UTC)
That helps. Thank you. Jackjump 17:36, 28 May 2007 (UTC)


[edit] Source?

where the source for this "The Center is undergoing a period of rapid growth. Its personnel and budget now rival the prominent Cato Institute." —Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.98.111.198 (talk) 03:31, 30 October 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Budget Information

Taken from the 2005 990 the budget information should be available, and also should be noted is their extension Center for American Progress Action Fund 2005 990. Infonation101 (talk) 05:15, 6 March 2008 (UTC)