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I'm sure such changes are proposed are noteworthy, but the term "changes" is so vague as to make these items almost meaningless. And again, as a term chosen by the ATRA, there seems to be a certain amount of inherent "innocuousness" POV.
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The only evidence that ATRA is "right wing" is that they support tort reform, which is perceived as right wing (though the issue doesn't cleave that cleanly) -- but we already know that ATRA supports tort reform. It seems circular and
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While I don't accuse these people of being a " front group", I do think that the articel portrays them in a too-uncritical light, especially since it appears to be a summarization of information that could be found on their website.
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I've taken the liberty of removing it (I think this is fair for me to do this, as I happen to believe that the ATRA *IS* a corporate front group (but a bipartisan one) :D -- but that the statement is misplaced in the article).
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I recognize that tort reform opponents have made the accusation, but I don't see how ATRA is a "corporate front group". The phrasing seems unduly pejorative; a
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The ATRA supports an agenda to increase public awareness of, and suggest changes in, the manner in which tort litigation is conducted in the United States.
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One of the recent modifications (01:49, 22 September 2005) contained material entirely lifted from atra.org's own web site (specifically,
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Still, some kind of conclusory paragraph, which I'm too lazy to compose at the moment, seems in order. I'll leave that to someone else.
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I'm not sure how to change it. I'll examine the organization's website to get a better idea of what they are about. --
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I tend to agree that the part about the right-wing corporate front group is not helpful, and is thinly-veiled POV.
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hides its supporters, while ATRA acknowledges that it consists of corporate members who support tort reform. --
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I'm confused by what is added by the accusation "right wing corporate front group," which appears ad hominem.
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I've removed two of the items from the ATRA's list of changes in its "aggressive civil justice reform agenda":
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is a very short stub, and the award is not very notable. It seems best to merge the couple of sentences here.
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The article makes no mention of this group's funding by major corporate donors such as the
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