as in think factory
an organization that consists of a group of people who think of new ideas on a particular subject or who give advice about what should be done
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This generally applies to the think tanks and generally excludes media sites like the Wall Street Journal, New York Times, Washington Post, Bloomberg and Reuters, all of which are listed at the end.
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Ken Roberts, Forbes.com, 9 Sep. 2025
Paramount Global named former Hudson Institute CEO Kenneth Weinstein to serve as ombudsman of CBS News, assigning someone who led a conservative think tank and largely worked outside the traditional world of journalism to monitor the news unit’s reporting and scrutinize it against claims of bias.
—Brian Steinberg, Variety, 8 Sep. 2025
The Institute for Progress, a nonpartisan think tank focused on innovation policy, has supported eliminating the lottery.
—Robert Alexander, MSNBC Newsweek, 7 Sep. 2025
In foreign relations, trade, energy, and immigration, a variety of news outlets and think tanks have declared that Trump aims to enact a policy revolution.
—Russell Muirhead, Foreign Affairs, 5 Sep. 2025
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Ken Roberts, Forbes.com, 9 Sep. 2025
Paramount Global named former Hudson Institute CEO Kenneth Weinstein to serve as ombudsman of CBS News, assigning someone who led a conservative think tank and largely worked outside the traditional world of journalism to monitor the news unit’s reporting and scrutinize it against claims of bias.
—Brian Steinberg, Variety, 8 Sep. 2025
The Institute for Progress, a nonpartisan think tank focused on innovation policy, has supported eliminating the lottery.
—Robert Alexander, MSNBC Newsweek, 7 Sep. 2025
In foreign relations, trade, energy, and immigration, a variety of news outlets and think tanks have declared that Trump aims to enact a policy revolution.
—Russell Muirhead, Foreign Affairs, 5 Sep. 2025
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