Posted by gomiami1972 on 5/28/2018 9:37:00 PM (view original):
Posted by bad_luck on 5/28/2018 9:35:00 PM (view original):
Nothing wrong with Brookkngs.
“As a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization, Brookings describes itself as independent and non-partisan. A 2005 academic study by UCLA concluded it was "centrist" because it was referenced as an authority almost equally by both conservative and liberal politicians in congressional records from 1993 to 2002.[18]The New York Times has referred to the organization as liberal, liberal-centrist, centrist, and conservative. The Washington Post has described Brookings as centrist and liberal. The Los Angeles Times has described Brookings as liberal-leaning and centrist before opining that it did not believe such labels mattered.”
You forgot the line where Time magazine called the Brookings Institute the pre-eminent liberal think tank...or did you omit it intentionally?
New York Times, Washington Post, LA Times...it's a journalistic circle jerk.
They said that in 1977.
I also left off this:
“The media watchdog group
Fairness and Accuracy in Reporting has described Brookings as "centrist,"
[44][63] "conservative,"
[64] and "center-right."
[65]”
And this:
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Journalists at The Atlantic and Salon have argued that Brookings foreign policy scholars were overly supportive of Bush administration policies abroad.[66][67] Blogger Matthew Yglesias has stated that Brookings's Michael E. O'Hanlon frequently agrees with scholars from conservative organizations such as the American Enterprise Institute, The Weekly Standard, and the Project for the New American Century.[66] Similarly, Brookings fellow and research director Benjamin Wittes is a member of the conservative Hoover Institution's Task Force on National Security and Law.[68]
Brookings scholars have served in Republican and Democratic administrations, including Mark McClellan,[69] Ron Haskins[70] and Martin Indyk.[71][72]
The Brookings Board of Trustees is composed of 53 Trustees and more than three dozen Honorary Trustees, including Kenneth Duberstein, a former chief of staff to Ronald Reagan. Aside from political figures, the board of trustees includes leaders in business and industry, including Philip H. Knight, Chairman of Nike, Inc.[73]”
This used data from Pew Research. The data is there if you want to see it.