Think Tank Citation Numbers: New America Pulls Out the Stops.

Fairness and Accuracy in Reporting (FAIR) recently released a fascinating assessment, "The Incredible Shrinking Think Tank" documenting the third straight year in a row that think tanks were cited less than the prior year. At a time when think tanks are, on average, saw a 17% decrease in their citations in the press between 2007 and 2008, New America Foundation saw a 44% increase! In fact, New America saw the largest increase of any think tank in the study. When you take a look, the numbers are rather stunning: