Obama’s Jobs Plan „The Washington Post”, December 9, 2009.Stumping for Attention To Deficit Disorder by Lori Montgomery, „The Washington Post”, June 21, 2007.The Unbelievable Karl Rove by Dan Froomkin, „Washingtonpost.com”, November 13, 2006.2003 Budget Completes Big Jump in Spending by Glenn Kessler, „The Washington Post”, April 15, 2002.. W 1977 roku tygodnik „Time” nazwał go „głównym liberalnym think tankiem w kraju. „Newsweek” opisał Brookings jako „centrowy”Economists Agree: Unemployment Will Stay High Through November, „Newsweek”, May 25, 2010., a „Politico” jako „centro-lewicowyReid J. Epstein, Jon Huntsman veers campaign to Brookings, „Politico” November 14, 2011.”. Lewicowa organizacja strażnicza Fairness and Accuracy in Reporting określiła go jako konserwatywnySam Husseini, „Brookings: The Establishment’s Think Tank”, Extra!, Fairness and Accuracy in Reporting (November/December 1998).Lawrence Soley, „Brookings: Stand-In for the Left”, Extra!, Fairness and Accuracy in Reporting (1991).Michael Dolny, „Think Tanks in a Time of Crisis”, Extra!, Fairness and Accuracy in Reporting (March/April 2002)..