Talk:People For the American Way

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[edit] Changes

I made some pretty big changes to this... my source is the PFAW website, but I'm not sure how to create a citation...I need to figure out how to do that. Also, all of the items in red are things that don't yet have articles, but I think may be deserving of them. First major additions to Wikipedia, so feedback would be great. Thanks! --Njfellow 11:03, 30 June 2006 (UTC)

[edit] ALL

Since PFAW is considered important enough of a source that their factsheet denouncing the American Life League is listed on the "external links" page, in the interests of fairness shouldn't somebody ask ALL to put up a bit of HTML giving us their opinion of PFAW?

[edit] Liberal?

This group seems extremely liberal, yet the word is not used once in the entire article. This should be rectified. 168.216.221.128 (talk) 16:22, 12 March 2008 (UTC)

Yes, this is a very much left-leaning organization that is very active on the liberal side of the political coin. That's fine, but the article presents this one-sided political organization in a very favorable light, even saying it's 'rapid responder to monitored right-wing activities'. There should be a criticism section and some significant rewriting to clarify the political stance of the organization. "Progressive advocacy group" just didn't do it. I've put up a NPOV tag. Okiefromokla questions? 02:11, 17 March 2008 (UTC)

PFAW is NOT "liberal". They are strict interpeters of the US Constitution. At different times in US history that has been portrayed as both liberal and conservative. Most modern conservatives consider many founding fathers (ie Jefferson) "liberal". PFAW is a Constitution advocacy group, not a liberal or conservative group. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 216.188.225.91 (talk • contribs)

They support politicians and lobby for laws that correspond only to the political "left". Whether you believe that is how the constitution should be interpreted is beside the point.
This neutral source says the media refers to them as "liberal": [1]
If they are a non-partisan group that does not align themselves with the political left, these conservative groups would not call them "liberal": [2], [3]
These other independent sources also call them liberal: [4], [5], [6]
They also "monitor the activities of right-wing groups." Okiefromokla questions? 18:00, 18 March 2008 (UTC)