Reply #8: That has *always* been conservative

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This is what Fairness and Accuracy in

http://www.fair.org/extra/9811/brookings.html

To this day, Brookings is commonly, and inaccurately, dubbed "liberal" (e.g., Baltimore Sun, 8/9/98; Cincinnati Enquirer, 7/30/98; Dallas Morning News, 7/1/98; AP, 5/29/98). CBS News correspondent Bernard Goldberg even publicly chastised one of his colleagues for not tagging Brookings as "liberal" in his reporting (Wall Street Journal op-ed, 2/13/96). It's called "centrist" almost as often, but never "conservative," though that label would be more accurate than "liberal."

In fact, much of Brookings' top brass has come from Republican administrations. Its current president, Michael Armacost, was an undersecretary of state for the Reagan administration and ambassador to Japan under Bush. Brookings' president from 1977 to 1995, Bruce MacLaury, spent most of his career in the Federal Reserve, with a stint in the Nixon Treasury Department.


Liberal think tanks:

People for the American Way, although I'm not sure its really a think tank per se.

http://www.opednews.com/kall1003_Podesta_Center_for_american_Progress.htm an article on a new think tank

From the FAIR website:
http://www.fair.org/extra/0108/think_tanks_y2k.html
Progressive think tanks:

Economic Policy Institute
Center for Public Integrity
Center on Budget and Policy Priorities
Justice PPolicy Institute
Citizens for Tax Justice
Center for Defense Information