Media Criticism

• Charles Krauthammer Goes "Hard Left" and Rants Against Domestic Drones: Or, Killing People Abroad is Okay, But Spying at Home is Wrong, Lucy Steigerwald, May 16, 2012
• Sullivan Goes Gay Collectivist with Obama Love, Scott Shackford, May 15, 2012
• Maricopa County SWAT Team Thrills Awful Fox News Reporter, Lucy Steigerwald, May 8, 2012
• Today's Worst Partisan Political Columnist Blindness, Today!, Brian Doherty, May 1, 2012
• The White House Press Correspondents' Dinner is About as Bad as You Think, Only a Little Bit Worse and a Little Bit More Fun, Lucy Steigerwald, April 29, 2012
• April 19: A Day to Write Lazy Certainties About Waco and Oklahoma City, Lucy Steigerwald, April 19, 2012
• In Defense of Julian Assange and Russia Today, Brian Doherty, April 19, 2012
• San Francisco Bay Guardian Columnist Sad Oaksterdam Raid Turning People Off of Big Government, Lucy Steigerwald, April 9, 2012
• Was Obama’s SCOTUS Attack Good Politics? (Special Dumbth Edition), Tim Cavanaugh, April 8, 2012
• Historian Writing in Newsweek Forgets He Was Talking About Actual Titanic, Not Metaphor for Financial Collapse, Lucy Steigerwald, April 5, 2012
• Hungarian President Resigns Over...Plagiarism?, Matt Welch, April 2, 2012
• Recommendation: Read Mark Dery, Soar With Winners, Tim Cavanaugh, April 1, 2012
• Washington State Reporter Wears Bulletproof Vest, Thinks SWAT Narcotics Raid is Totally Awesome, Lucy Steigerwald, March 30, 2012
• Obama's Daughter Vacations in Mexico, But Let's Not Discuss It. In Fact, Let's Not Even Ever Have Discussed It, Brian Doherty, March 19, 2012
• Happy iPad Release Day, Apple! A Story about the Horrors of Your Chinese Factories Retracted by This American Life, Brian Doherty, March 16, 2012
• "What if Bush Had Done That?" or, Hypocrisy Alert When it Comes to Barack Obama, Nick Gillespie, March 13, 2012
• Reason.tv: John Stossel on the Media, Liberty, and Why He Doesn't Miss Working for ABC, Zach Weissmueller, March 13, 2012
• President Dreamypants, Matt Welch, February 22, 2012
• Free Speech? Ya right: Mitch McConnell Is a Poopy-head!, Matt Welch, February 17, 2012
• Mandatory Drugs Tests by Record Companies, Media Scoldings, and Other Helpful Suggestions for Preventing Further Whitney Houstons, Lucy Steigerwald, February 16, 2012
• Why Did the Times Switch This Solyndra-Program Headline?, Tim Cavanaugh, February 10, 2012
• Death of the Auteur: Is Highbrow Movie Criticism Democracy’s Lifeblood?, Tim Cavanaugh, February 2, 2012
• Pedants Are Revolting: Grammar Nitpick Sparks Barnyard Henpeck, Tim Cavanaugh, February 2, 2012
• Ron Paul vs. the Doonesbury Conspiracy, Brian Doherty, January 30, 2012
• Boston Bruins Goalie Skips White House Visit for Vaguely Libertarian-Sounding Reasons, Lucy Steigerwald, January 24, 2012
• Tim Cavanaugh on Gingrich's Counterculture McGovernik Ethics: RT Big Picture, Tim Cavanaugh, January 20, 2012
• American Spectator Article is a Helpful Reminder That Prohibitionists Never Stop Making the Same Stupid Arguments, Lucy Steigerwald, January 17, 2012
• Wars Continue and Some Lefties Remember They're Supposed to Disapprove Of That, Lucy Steigerwald, January 12, 2012
• Navy Rescues Iranians; Jobs Data Dispute; Ron Paul, Freemason? PM Links, Tim Cavanaugh, January 6, 2012
• Ron Paul Fires Most of DC Press Gaggle; Strong Job Numbers; Chevy Volt Recall, SAG Scandal and More: PM Links, Tim Cavanaugh, January 5, 2012
• Washington Post Fears Ron Paul; Hollywood Arson Suspect Arrested, and More: P.M. Links, Tim Cavanaugh, January 2, 2012
• Gene Healy Lists the Worst Op-Eds of 2011, December 27, 2011
• The New York Times Is Suing the DOJ Over the Assassination of Anwar al-Awlaki, Mike Riggs, December 21, 2011
• Voicing Tepid Support for Ron Paul Is Apparently the Craziest Thing Ann Coulter Has Ever Said, Mike Riggs, December 20, 2011
• Bloggers: You Can Still Get $$$ Out of Newspapers, Tim Cavanaugh, December 9, 2011
• [UPDATED] Red Cross Claims Violent Video Games May Violate International Human Rights Law, Considers Taking Action, Mike Riggs, December 9, 2011
• Blogger Loses Defamation Case, Judge Weighs in on Who is "Really" a Journalist, Brian Doherty, December 7, 2011
• Limbaugh Defends Newt from Un-Conservative Conservative Media, Brian Doherty, December 7, 2011
• Washington Post's Poll on the Political Scandals of the Year Mixes Sex Scandals and Real Scandals, Lucy Steigerwald, December 6, 2011
• Chris Reed's Calwhine.com Battles Baloney in Golden State..., Tim Cavanaugh, December 6, 2011
• How New York Times Got Swindled by Sociology Fraud, Tim Cavanaugh, December 1, 2011
• New at Reason: Ira Stoll on The New York Times' Tax-Loophole Hypocrisy, November 28, 2011
• U.S. Taxpayers Fuel Uzbek Propaganda Machine, Seth McKelvey, November 22, 2011
• Newsweek Cannot Help But Follow Media Tradition of Panic Over Right Wing Extremists, Lucy Steigerwald, November 21, 2011
• NYT Occupy Mole Says Cheers to Free* Media, Tim Cavanaugh, November 18, 2011
• Alex Pareene Implies Actual Government Scandals Are Just Part of Inane Fox News Reporting, Lucy Steigerwald, November 16, 2011
• Reason Presents an Evening with Kurt Loder, November 16, 2011
• NYT Defines Obamacare Success: Fewer Options, but Better Coordinated, Tim Cavanaugh, November 15, 2011
• Gone in 90 Seconds: Ron Paul Campaign Slams CBS for Debate Time, Seth McKelvey, November 14, 2011
• Obama 2008: “Opposed” to Health Care Mandate, Tim Cavanaugh, November 13, 2011
• Herman Cain: Doesn’t Even Recall Meeting Sharon Bialek, Tim Cavanaugh, November 8, 2011
• Kurt Loder on Film: The Good, the Bad and the Godawful, Anthony L. Fisher & Nick Gillespie, November 8, 2011
• Concealing Bias Causes More Journo/Protester Problems, Tim Cavanaugh, October 24, 2011
• Do Budget Cuts Kill People? Or Do People Kill People?, Nick Gillespie, September 28, 2011
• Oh David Cay Johnston, You’ve Done It Again! Reuters Nixes Serial Misreporter’s Debut Column, Tim Cavanaugh, July 13, 2011
• Katrina vanden Heuvel Praises Media Megalomaniac Michael Copps, Mike Riggs, June 21, 2011
• Joan Walsh: Obama is a "centrist who'd placed a high value on conciliation," but "Republicans are acting like terrorists", Matt Welch, June 16, 2011
• Urban Design Hipsters Are Evil, Tim Cavanaugh, June 13, 2011
• Barney Frank Explains The "Trouble With New Media", Mike Riggs, June 3, 2011
• Congratulations, 2011 WPA Maggie Winner Greg Beato: Best Regular Column, Tim Cavanaugh, April 30, 2011
• L.A. Times Buried Lede: 86% Support Cutting California Spending, Tim Cavanaugh, April 25, 2011
• Reason.tv: The Week in Stupid - Cable Pundits on the Giffords Shooting, Michael C. Moynihan & Joshua Swain, January 18, 2011
• The Nation Posts a Narrow Apology. And Publishes Another Error., Radley Balko, November 29, 2010
• "The Nation may want to ask someone what the 'L' in the 'ACLU' stands for", Matt Welch, November 24, 2010
• Reason.tv: From Ayn Rand to the iPod - Chris Lehmann on "Rich People Things", November 8, 2010
• Reason.tv: Filmmaker Michael Covel on Broke - The New American Dream, October 6, 2010