User talk:Ardmore56

For the page National Association of Manufacturers (NAM) I removed the reference to the American Justice Partnership (AJP) as an affiliate. The AJP was not founded by the NAM nor has the NAM ever been an affiliate. The posting listing AJP as an affiliate was false and misleading.Ardmore56 (talk) 13:53, 28 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Updates to NAM Board of Directors and other minor clarifications.

1/18/11. The Board of Directors was updated to reflect changes. The reference to Bloomberg was adjusted to more accurate reflect the actual article text. Other minor edits were made to clean up the page.

Separate topic: If a valid citation for this text can not be found, it should be removed "According to Adam Curtis's documentary "The Century of the Self", NAM used Edward Bernays in the 1930s to combat the policies of President Roosevelt." Thoughts ?? Ardmore56 (talk) 02:56, 18 January 2011 (UTC)[reply]

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