ThinkProgress

ThinkProgress
Type	website
Status	No consensus
Deprecated	no
Blacklisted	no
Recency	2013
Domain thinkprogress.org
	In source code; External links in articles; Spamcheck tool
RfC
Link	Rfc
Date	2013

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This source in a nutshell: There is

no consensus on the reliability of ThinkProgress. See § Summary.

ThinkProgress is a source that has been repeatedly discussed at the Reliable sources noticeboard. This page collects and links information about previous discussions and current consensus, and summarizes it here for convenience.

Summary

Discussions of ThinkProgress are dated, with the most recent in 2013. Circumstances may have changed. Some consider ThinkProgress a form of WP:NEWSBLOG, and reliable for attributed statements of opinion. Others argue that ThinkProgress is generally reliable under WP:NEWSORG, albeit with due consideration for their political leanings. ThinkProgress is generally considered a partisan source for the purposes of American politics. ThinkProgress shut down in 2019; website content is still accessible.

Excerpt

ThinkProgress was an American progressive news website that was active from 2005 to 2019. It was a project of the Center for American Progress Action Fund (CAP Action), a progressive public policy research and advocacy organization. Founded by Judd Legum in 2005, the site's reports were regularly discussed by mainstream news outlets and peer-reviewed academic journals. ThinkProgress also hosted a climate section called Climate Progress, which was founded by Joe Romm.

Discussions

Links

RSN

WP:Reliable sources/Noticeboard/Archive 78#Thinkprogress.org

WP:Reliable sources/Noticeboard/Archive 153#thinkprogress.org as a generally accepted WP:RS

Recency

2013

Rfcs

2013 Rfc

Notes

References

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Source	Status (legend)	Discussions			Use
Source	Status (legend)	List	Last	Summary	Use
ThinkProgress		2013	2013	Discussions of ThinkProgress are dated, with the most recent in 2013. Circumstances may have changed. Some consider ThinkProgress a form of WP:NEWSBLOG, and reliable for attributed statements of opinion. Others argue that ThinkProgress is generally reliable under WP:NEWSORG, albeit with due consideration for their political leanings. ThinkProgress is generally considered a partisan source for the purposes of American politics. ThinkProgress shut down in 2019; website content is still accessible.	1