In The Tank

How think tanks are muddling our democracy
By George Fetherling
· illustration by Holly Wales
Media · From the May 2008 magazine
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One of Neil Reynolds’ innovations at the Telegraph-Journal was to run a listing on the op-ed page of various new studies from think tanks of all persuasions as they became available, tacitly encouraging readers to order them for themselves and to read between the lines. This solution calls to mind the practice some newspapers have of listing new corporate annual reports in a way that allows readers, by returning a coupon or checklist, to order the ones they desire. But, like many good ideas, it didn’t last. Nor did it spread.
George Fetherling was a Media Fellow of the Calgary-based Sheldon Chumir Foundation for Ethics in Leadership when he became interested in think tanks.
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