Think Tanks

What Are the Think Tanks Thinking?

by Diane Farsetta — September 22, 2004 - 11:00pm

Conservative think tanks, including the Institute for the Analysis of Global Security, the Center for Security Policy, the Foundation for the Defense of Democracies, the Heritage Foundation and the <

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U.S. Newswire, September 23, 2004

The Little Think Tank That Could

by Laura Miller — July 15, 2004 - 11:00pm

Joining industry lobbyists in the battle against government regulations is a small think tank based at George Mason University in Arlington, Va. The Mercatus Center is earning a reputation as a heavyweight in the business of rolling back and softening unpopular rules, responsible for picking 14 of 23 rules targeted by the Bush White House for elimination or modification.

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Wall Street Journal, July 16, 2004

Third Time's a Charm

by Diane Farsetta — June 29, 2004 - 11:00pm

"Cold War hawks are resurrecting a decades-old group to lobby for a harder line against terrorist organizations and rogue states," reports The Hill. The Committee on the Present Danger will see its third incarnation (it was established in 1950 and re-formed in 1976) as a Washington DC-based lobby group, headed by PR pro and former Reagan adviser Peter Hannaford.

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The Hill, June 30, 2004

When Think Tanks Attack

by Sheldon Rampton — June 26, 2004 - 1:30pm

Australian blogger Tim Lambert has taken a closer look at some of the think tanks that have emerged as critics of open source software, which threatens Microsoft's position in the marketplace. "Why are all these think tanks so down on Open Source?" Lambert asks. "Well, the Small Business Survival Committee is concerned that using open source will expose small business to the risk of lawsuits.

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http://www.cse.unsw.edu.au/~lambert/blog/computers/tanks.html

No, Supersize Me!

by Diane Farsetta — April 15, 2004 - 11:00pm

As McDonald's unveiled its latest marketing ploy - healthier menu options, including "Go Active!" Adult Happy Meals - one free enterprise and "personal freedom" activist is trying to prove that the fast food giant's current menu isn't so bad.

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Associated Press, April 16, 2004

The Apparat

by Sheldon Rampton — March 20, 2004 - 1:20pm

Jerry M. Landay has written a detailed report, showing how "hundreds of tax-exempt organizations of the far right have been exploiting the twilight zone of campaign and IRS regulations for three decades -- receiving billions of dollars in grants and contributions to wage ideo-political warfare for far-right ideas, causes, and Republican candidates ...

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http://www.mediatransparency.org/stories/apparat.html

Suit Challenges Global Warming Report

by Laura Miller — August 6, 2003 - 11:00pm

The Competitive Enterprise Institute, a Washington DC-based think tank that is funded by right-wing foundations and industries that deny global warming, sued the Bush administration over its 2000 report on climate change. The New York Times reports CEI is trying to stop the government from distributing the report, saying it is inaccurate and biased.

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New York Times, August 7, 2003

No Go for NGOs

by Sheldon Rampton — June 22, 2003 - 12:16am

The American Enterprise Institute has launched a new web site, NGOWatch.org, as part of its campaign against nongovernmental organizations, which it says "are unregulated, spared any requirement to account for expenditures, to disclose activities or sources of funding or even to declare their officers." Rather ironic isn't it, that a these sorts of complaints would come from a libertarian think tank that is itself a nongovernmental organization and that does not publicly disclose its own inst

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http://www.disinfopedia.org/wiki.phtml?title=NGOWatch.org

Right Wing Think Tank Takes Aim at NGOs

by Laura Miller — June 11, 2003 - 11:00pm

The industry-funded right-wing think tank the American Enterprise Institute (AEI) has taken aim at non-governmental organizations. During a recent all-day conference, "Nongovernmental Organizations: The Growing Power of an Unelected Few," speakers delivered the message that NGOs "are using their growing prominence and power to pursue a 'liberal' agenda at the international level that threatens U.S.

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OneWorld, June 12, 2003
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