Talk:George C. Marshall Institute

message: This article is biased. It is less about information on the Institute and more an exposé on their funders and members. I am going to re-write this article when I have time, unless those who wrote it origially care to remove biased statements and replace them with actual information about the institute.
Ehidle 11:28, 29 March 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: The reality is that the GMI has attracted media coverage primarily in the context of connections between its funding sources and its views on global warming.  And, it has attracted primarily negative attention.  Google news archive search: .  The current and historical stances and advocacy of the institute are relevant to the article, and I think this material can and should be improved, but again, reality doesn't exactly paint a rosy picture of GMI based on its stances either...besides the anti-global-warming advocacy, they advocate for the use of paraquat (banned in the EU), CFC's, they argue that smoking is not harmful, etc.  Some organizations just promote bad science motivated by special interests, that's just reality; saying this in an article when it's well sourced is not bias, not POV, especially when the article clearly identifies who is making accusations of bad science, bias, or conflict of interest (and I see that in this article--it's crystal clear of exactly who is making which accusations--and the result speaks for itself).  Cazort (talk) 22:23, 16 June 2009 (UTC)

text: The Institute is its funders and founders. If they weren't a major focus of the article then something would be wrong. 75.76.213.106 (talk) 20:55, 30 June 2009 (UTC)
thread_title: bias

message: I just added an article from the Chronicle of Higher Education linking Crawford to the GMI.  It is not public access and does not have a free web version, although anyone who subscribes to the publication (or is at an institution that does) can view it online.  This source: , and this press release:  also verify that he served as Executive Director.  It's pretty easy to connect the dots here, given the fact that Crawford worked for GMI and that he writes comments about a think-tank that fits GMI to the letter, but even then, the Chronicle article shows that original research is not necessary.  Cazort (talk) 17:19, 16 June 2009 (UTC)
thread_title: Matthew Crawford

message: How exactly did a conservative Republican think tank come to be named after a liberal Democrat anyway? 75.76.213.106 (talk) 20:56, 30 June 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: I'm not sure, but I've observed that the founder chairman Frederick Seitz was married to the former Elizabeth K. Marshall. Could be coincidence; I've no evidence there's any connection. Someone with access to Seitz' autobiography could probably clarify if there's any link. Rd232 talk 16:44, 21 September 2010 (UTC)
thread_title: Name

message: I don't see any clear reason why we care what the author of the Newsweek article was called William M. Connolley (talk) 19:13, 13 February 2010 (UTC)
thread_title: Rv: why

message: The reference to Merchants of Doubt in the lede presumes that the book is accurate.  That presumption is inappropriate in an article about living persons (the directors).  We either must specify that the assertion on motives is the authors' opinion (or even conclusion), or leave it out.  The body says "conclusion".  And why is Merchants of Doubt considered more notable than Requiem for a Species?  Although the word "opinion" was added by a banned user, it's better than a simple assertion.  — Arthur Rubin  (talk) 15:43, 29 September 2011 (UTC)
replies: text: Since the regular editors on this article seem to prefer a bald statement to "opinion" (as in the preceding sentence) or "conclusion" as in the body, I've removed it entirely from the lede.  In Merchants of Doubt, the authors conclude ..." seems adequate.  — Arthur Rubin  (talk) 15:52, 29 September 2011 (UTC)
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