Talk:Manhattan Institute for Policy Research

No reference in support of statement that Charles Murray's book Losing Ground was Bradley funded so have removed for the moment - --Bob Burton 19:28, 27 Jan 2005 (EST)

The following is no longer supported by an active link: Artificial Intelligence 03:19, 16 August 2007 (EDT)

The conservative Capital Research Center lists financial support for the Institute from corporations as having included contributions from:


 * Bristol-Myers Squibb
 * Exxon Mobil
 * Chase Manhattan
 * Cigna
 * Sprint
 * Reliant Energy
 * Lincoln Financial Group Foundation (formerly Lincoln National Life Foundation)
 * Merill Lynch

It also includes an extensive list of contributions from corporate foundations too long to include here. However the funders listed for 2002 alone (the most recent year CRC list data for) included:
 * Lilly Endowment ($200,0000}
 * Lynde & Harry Bradley Foundation ($200,000)
 * William & Flora Hewlett Foundation ($150,000)
 * F. M. Kirby Foundation $25,000
 * Fannie Mae Foundation $25,000
 * Esther A. & Joseph Klingenstein Fund $20,000

=Neutral POV?=

Quoting what Kurt Nimmo stated concerning this organization in the beginning of this article is not informative of basic information about this organization. It should be moved to a later part of the article in a section concerning dissent/disagreement/controversy, or something of the like. Putting this quote at the beginning of this article lacks just as much credibility as quoting the birthers stating that Obama is not a natural born citizen at the beginning of an article about President Obama. Furthermore, is Kurt Nimmo an expert on the subject matter that the Manhattan Institute claims to research? Is he an expert concerning the workings of the Manhattan Institute? If either one of these statements are true, it needs to be stated in the article, otherwise Kurt Nimmo is a completely unreliable source for this article, unless his comments are moved to a "controversy" section of this article, in which case his opinionated statements would be completely valid. Rlee1185 17:54, 23 November 2009 (UTC)

Dear Rlee: I think the comparison is inaccurate but, leaving that aside, the article is fair, accurate, and documented. You may disagree with Mr. Nimmo, but that does not mean that his assessment is inaccurate. Having been a close of observer of MI's various pieces of work over the years I am confident that it is accurate. Lisa