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Touché. I still wouldn't call them centrists, they're not moderate and they're not looking for a consensus. If they were finding any consensus in the centre they wouldn't be so controversial. Real environmental issues, such as climate change, a common concern of both liberals and conservatives, are conspicuously absent. This fits with a corporatist or neoconservative ideology. Most environmental issues on the site relate to corporate investment and corporate solutions (and where money can be made).
http://www.newamerica.net/index.cfm?pg=issues&IssueID=8
For example, their item about fuel subsidies for hydrogen-powered cars focuses on terrorism and finance surrounding oil. There is not a scrap of concern about the pollution oil causes at all. Additionally it focuses on getting the government to subsidize "a similar federally sponsored project" to the 90% subsidization of National System of Interstate and Defense Highways "to build a hydrogen-distribution infrastructure". The article is asking for taxpayers to solve the problem through money without regulation. The idea is neither a correct nor incorrect solution, but it is definitely far from a moderate liberal idea, which centrism is supposed to include.
So either reply with your thoughts on this or I'm taking out the "Ironically part". I don't think the views show they are centrist, I think the views show they are pandering, generally to the right, and definitely to private business and corporations. I thought I was being fair by including Neoliberalism in there, since they are fairly libertarian too (which also fits into the corporatist category). :\
Maybe I just don't understand how "radical centrist" is defined. They don't really fall in the middle of a left-right political spectrum, so to me, that's not any type of centrism, radical or not. But, now that I think about, I can kind of see where the moniker "radical centrist" comes from. To me, their "radical centrism" isn't really in the left-right spectrum (like centrism is), but is outside of that spectrum (being 'radical'), and draws from both sides (being 'centrist'). Maybe "radical centrism" just needs a better definition. It just bugs me that "centrism" and "radical centrism" are very different in key ways, yet they share a name which suggests they are working towards the same things (like moderation and consensus), only one of them "radically" so, which I don't think is the case here. Like if I said I was a "radical liberal", it's pretty obvious what I mean, I'm really far on the left. If I said I was a "radical centrist", well, it just doesn't make sense, because I can't get any more in the middle. You could only intuit that I hold my ideals of centrism strongly. Really, I think NAF are "radical" and draw ideas from all sides to form political ideas that are neither left, nor right, nor "centric" they way "centrism" is defined. By calling themselves "centrists" they are actually trying to define the centre of a left-right politcal spectrum. But, since they are radical and aren't looking for moderation and consensus, they are doing no such thing, and are more independent. I suggest they be called "radical independents" which sits much much better with me.
Aaagh. I'm saying that they aren't centrists at all, by the definition of centrism. I'm saying the nomenclature is deceptive. "Radical centrists" have no legitimate claim to centrism. Since, apparently, the term has been around for "a while" I will move discussion to Radical centrist politics.
Drernie I think that the explanation/questioning of the NAFs political name and such (the second paragraph) should be taken off, since the issues with Radical centrist politics can be better said on the actual Radical centrist politics page. Also there should probably be a direct link to the NAF site? -- Ben 08:07, 2 Jun 2004 (UTC)
Drernie I've taken off the explanation and questioning of the NAF. -- Ben 00:04, 23 Aug 2004 (UTC)
This reeks of a vanity piece... just awful. Cowicide 05:41, 1 February 2007 (UTC)
I don't want to slap a tag to the article yet. However, I think the article could use inline citations. Kushal 14:50, 29 March 2008 (UTC)
Really? Would anyone consider the NYT centrist? The editorial board hasn't endorsed a Republican president since Eisenhower. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 67.242.232.242 ( talk) 16:12, 28 March 2009 (UTC)
Which may say more about the Republican Presidents following Eisenhower than it does about the NYT. Besides, if the definition of "liberal" is "endorsed Democrats for President", then does that make the Socialist Worker a hard-right magazine? —Preceding unsigned comment added by Zifnab25 ( talk • contribs) 22:45, 1 November 2010 (UTC)
Somebody should write about where this organization stands on the issues. That's the single most important thing about a "think tank", and certainly the reason people come to this article. But they get nothing. AxelBoldt ( talk) 05:43, 25 August 2009 (UTC)
Absolutely agree. Without this information, the article is next to worthless. --- Dagme ( talk) 15:54, 30 October 2013 (UTC)
The fact that someone associated with this think tank co-wrote an article, and someone else wrote a blog post criticizing it, isn't notable. I could follow this formula to create a similar "Controversy" section about any article: summarize the original article, summarize the critical response, cite them both, and a "controversy" has been created. If a publication isn't completely ignored, it will probably be greeted with a negative response from somewhere. You need to provide some indication of why this is more notable than any other conversation that's taken place around an article written by a New America Foundation employee. The fact that something can be sourced doesn't mean it deserves to be included in an article. Prezbo ( talk) 19:07, 27 August 2009 (UTC)
This sections needs to be changed or removed entirely. It makes the false assertion that this organization was the only one who used the poll results when infact many people did, such as Reuters. It was infact the most used set of polling for their election in the western world. It also makes it seem like the poll is an outlier, when it is not, because polling after the election done by others, for example "World Public Opinion" corresponds with the results. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.207.134.145 ( talk) 14:56, 8 March 2010 (UTC)
Nearly every member of their board of directors is a known Democrat or Democratic supporter. Are we supposed to pretend this group is really nonpartisan, because that goes completely counter to the definition? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 74.110.179.229 ( talk) 23:17, 17 April 2013 (UTC)
I was about to state that as well. I would suggest leaving off the "non partisan" tag, as it for some odd reason seems to want to legitimize the organization for that, rather than the work it does. 68.4.92.193 ( talk) 16:38, 23 March 2016 (UTC)Bruce
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Hardly non-partisanThis tag should be completely dropped. New America Foundation has openly declared its desire to have traditionally left-leaning news organizations in every state of the union, in addition to publishing a completely falsified study which attempts to portray "white American radicals" as the perpetrators of more violent attacks on US soil than jihadists. Not only is this a factually incorrect statement (DC beltway sniper attack, Ft. Hood, Boston Marathon bombing, Islamic-motivated attacks on homosexuals in Seattle, beheadings of two Coptic Christians in New Jersey, and two dozen other attacks puts the tally at around 71 jihadi attacks in the US, post-9/11; this number also doesn't address the untold numbers of ATTEMPTED attacks which were thwarted, such as the Times Square bombing attempt), but it was rapidly picked up in all of the left-leaning press and repeated without scrutiny: http://www.nytimes.com/2015/06/25/us/tally-of-attacks-in-us-challenges-perceptions-of-top-terror-threat.html?_r=2 http://worldnews.nbcnews.com/_news/2015/06/24/33254169-white-americans-are-biggest-terror-threat-in-us-study?d=1 http://mic.com/articles/121263/white-groups-muslim-terrorist-attacks http://mic.com/articles/121268/study-more-whites-committed-terrorist-acts-in-u-s-than-muslims http://www.vox.com/2015/6/24/8838659/right-wing-terrorism-new-america http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2015/06/24/domestic-terrorism-charleston_n_7654720.html But not only did New America Foundation write this wholly erroneous politically-motivated study, it proceeded to lionize those same left-leaning media outlets who chose to run with it and publish it: https://www.newamerica.org/new-america/why-we-need-a-new-york-times-in-every-state/ I'm sure it's just a coincidence, though. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.199.243.30 ( talk) 01:16, 25 June 2015 (UTC) |
Re. this edit, when a citation is requested, a source needs to be provided in the article. Providing a potential source in an edit summary is not sufficient. Safehaven86 ( talk) 16:21, 30 November 2015 (UTC)
The NYT reported that Google has pressured the New America think tank which is supported by it, to remove a statement supporting the EU anti-trust fine against Google. After Eric Schmidt voiced his displeasure from the statement, the whole research group involved were sidelined in the New America think tank, which gets funding from Google. [1] [2]Consequently, the Open markets research group went to open their own think tank, which will not get any funding from Google. [3]
Removed cleanup template from April 2016 after adding numerous sources throughout article and removing several sections that were likely the reason the article was flagged for routine commentary.-- Nxu188 ( talk) 22:42, 2 February 2018 (UTC)
I propose merging New America NYC and Open Technology Institute into this page, as the NYC branch and a technology part of the organisation aren't independently notable enough to pass WP:GNG. Joseph 2302 ( talk) 17:45, 13 August 2018 (UTC)
Hello, I am wondering if it is possible to request an update to this article. I know that I personally can not make changes to the New America page as an employee of the company, but would like to help correct outdated information. In the second paragraph, Eric Schmidt is listed as board chairman, which he has not been since 2016. Linked here is an updated list of New America’s board members as a source: https://www.newamerica.org/board/ — Preceding unsigned comment added by Lmcarthur95 ( talk • contribs) 19:59, 30 September 2019 (UTC)
Done