Brookings Institution

Washington, DC 20036-2188

Philandelphia Inquirer
June 18, 2000

The Swarm Of The Right:

http://www.commondreams.org/views/061900-101.htm

Myth Of The Liberal Media

..."Centrist" was the descriptive label used [for Brookings] by Bruce MacLaury, the former Nixon administration official who was Brookings' president from 1977 to 1995; the current president, Michael Armacost, served in the Reagan and Bush administrations. Brookings' most prominent analysts, Stephen Hess and Richard Haass, are also Republicans. In our very narrow political discourse, unfortunately, Brookings is often the only group that presents alternatives to conservative viewpoints...

Sam Husseini
FAIR.org / Extra!
October 31, 1998

The Establishment's Think Tank

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

Brookings Institute

...much of Brookings' top brass has come from Republican administrations. Its current [1998] 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.