Talk:American Enterprise Institute

Article heavily biased and far from neutral

This article is heavily biased and just looks as if it was written by someone of the AEI. Instead of neutral sources or academic research, it relies extremely on statements of the AEI, and even if neutral sources are used, there are lengthy explanations, why those sources have gotten it wrong. That's not how you write an Wikipedia article. For example just read the paragraph "Energy and environmental policy". It uses sources 61 and 69-78. With the exeption of 73 EVERY SINGLE SOURCE is from the AEI! Are you kidding me? Wikipedia is not external webspace nor a propaganda plattform for the AEI! Then of course it is no wonder that the paragraph argues that the AEI is pro-environmental with a bit shaky position on climate change. This is a complete distortion of reality. Because if you look into academic papers, the AEI is regarded as staunch anti-environmental and one of the leading climate change denial organization, which has launched disinformation campaigns for 2-3 decades now. However, if you only read and cite the AEI publications, then it's impossible to correctly or neutrally describe that organization. So I urge you to correct that, even it that could mean writing that article for new. Because in the present state it is a shame for Wikipedia. You cannot write an article about an neutral or correct article about an highly controversial organization, if you only let them speak for themselves and just copy all their talking points uncritically. There is a reason why Wikipedia articles should rely on neutral secondary sources. Andol (talk) 23:18, 24 February 2021 (UTC)

I agree. TrangaBellam (talk) 05:52, 30 July 2021 (UTC)

@Andol: and @TrangaBellam:, I encourage you to make the changes you believe are necessary. Butwhatdoiknow (talk) 06:40, 30 July 2021 (UTC)

By all means, please commence trimming the primary and UNDUE content. SPECIFICO talk 11:19, 30 July 2021 (UTC)

@Andol: wrote "Because if you look into academic papers, the AEI is regarded as staunch anti-environmental and one of the leading climate change denial organization, which has launched disinformation campaigns for 2-3 decades now." It is important that @Andol: edit this article to cite those "academic papers". Thanks for pointing this problem out for the readers. A reason I was looking up the AEI was because I was reading the NYT article "Trump’s Taliban Deal Showed the Folly of Personal Diplomacy", 2021.08.28, by "Ms. Schake, a foreign policy expert who worked for the National Security Council and the State Department during George W. Bush’s administration, is director of foreign and defense policy studies at the American Enterprise Institute." So if AEI were a conservative organization, as the title of the author indicated, her article, critical of Trump, would be highly valuable. The Brittanica's article American Enterprise Institute states that AEI "supports limited government, private enterprise, and democratic capitalism", which are conservative goals. Egm4313.s12 (talk) 22:46, 28 August 2021 (UTC)

User:SPECIFICO, why not stubify this and start rebuilding with secondary sources? TrangaBellam (talk) 18:02, 14 November 2021 (UTC)

That would be rather draconian. I think it can be improved from what currently exists. SPECIFICO talk 23:00, 14 November 2021 (UTC)

centre-right lol 2601:285:8280:6EC0:7478:9934:A692:761A (talk) 19:08, 8 December 2023 (UTC)

These problems remain. Will add cleanup templates. BobFromBrockley (talk) 11:21, 5 September 2024 (UTC)

Have made loads of changes today which editors might want to review. Am stopping there, but think it needs more before removing the template. BobFromBrockley (talk) 14:45, 5 September 2024 (UTC)