The Legend of the Miami Cannibal Provides Lessons in Shoddy Drug Journalism
A new analysis of TV reports about a shocking crime rumored to be caused by "bath salts" reveals familiar patterns.
Journalism
Publishing Charlie Hebdo Cover Lands Turkish Journalists in Prison
Just yesterday, Turkey's PM had promised to include the "principle of secularism" in new constitution.
Journalist Matthew Keys Faces Prison Time Over a Law You've Probably Broken
Keys tells Reason the federal prosecutor railroaded him with felony charges in order to justify his own job.
Dear Journalists: Whether You Vote Plays Absolutely No Role in Your Capacity for Objectivity
Opinions lead to ballot selections, not the other way around.
Governments Hating On Press Freedom More, Says Reporters Without Borders
The U.S. has a satisfactory score, but our country could do a lot better.
Hillary Clinton Fans Read Gawker, Trump Fans Read Men's Humor
Ted Cruz fans tend toward more traditional conservatives media while Bernie Sanders fans like Nerdist.
Influential Washington Post Database on Police Killings Wins Pulitzer
Project helped push for federal reform to get more accurate info.
Judge Forces UVA's Jackie to Testify in Lawsuit Over False Gang Rape Story
Rolling Stone didn't report the truth, but will we ever hear it from Jackie?
Journalists Described Hillary Clinton's Speech as 'Muscular'—Because Her Team Blackmailed Them
How can we believe that the media is fairly covering the Clinton campaign?
You Don't Have to Oppose Abortion to Worry About Planned Parenthood Video Indictments
Turning journalistic deception into legal matter can have a chilling effect.
Fighting Global Censorship, ProPublica Joins the Dark Web
The investigative journalism outfit launches hidden service website on the encrypted Tor Browser.
ISIS Terrorists Did Not Take Captagon or Any Other Drugs Before the Paris Attacks
Contrary to overheated press reports, they were under the influence of nothing but religious fanaticism.
The Year's Best Drug Scares
Impossibly potent marijuana edibles, formaldehyde in e-cigarettes, pills of war, MDMA disguised as Halloween candy, and superhuman flakka zombies.
The Five Best Drug Scares of 2015
Super-potent pot, formaldehyde in e-cigarettes, the supersoldier pill, MDMA in trick-or-treat bags, and "$5 insanity"
How The New York Times' Uses Rhetorical Ploys To Defend Its Shoddy Nail Salon Series
When cornered on facts, claim bias.
The Pill That Supposedly Turns Syrians Into Superhuman, Fearless, Relentless Killers
Captagon captures the imaginations of yellow journalists.
An Urban Legend Evolves: First Pot, Now MDMA in Trick-or-Treat Bags
There's no evidence anyone has ever passed off marijuana edibles or Molly tablets as Halloween candy.
Edward Snowden's Lawyer on the Government's War on Whistleblowers
Jesselyn Radack reveals what happens when whistleblowers go through those "proper channels" we're always hearing about.
Did Ben Carson Really Say the Second Amendment Is 'More Sacred' Than Murder Victims' Blood?
The New York Times, in a not-so-subtle slam against gun rights, says he did.
Did Soda Tax Proposals Cause a Decline in Soda Consumption That Started Years Earlier?
Probably not, but The New York Times is eager to credit politicians.
Birth of a Misconception: Underage Pot Smokers in Washington Are Not Felons
A series of misunderstandings created the impression that the legislature had boosted penalties.
Energy Drinks: Safe As Coffee But Somehow Lethal
An alarmist Washington Post story conflates Red Bull with pure caffeine powder.
Survey Data Highlight the Tenuous Relationship Between Drug Panics and Reality
Fear of meth, bath salts, salvia, MDMA, and heroin correspond loosely, at best, to actual trends in drug use.
We Don't Need 'Decades of Research' to Know Vaping Is Safer Than Smoking
A chemical comparison shows e-cigarettes are far less hazardous than tobacco cigarettes.
The Obama Administration's War on the Press Could Become a Touch More Literal
Pentagon manual calls for potentially treating journalists like 'unprivileged belligerents.'
UVA Fraternity Brothers Caught Up in False Jackie Story Sue Rolling Stone
Magazine's managing editor resigns.
Reason Wins 4 First-Place Prizes at the Southern California Journalism Awards
We also got 1 silver and 5 bronzes
Flakka 'Turns People Into Zombies,' Just Like Krokodil and Jenkem
Flakka-fortified humans reportedly are stronger than Vulcans.
Two Years After Snowden's Revelations, Western Officials Still Anonymously Claim Unproven Harms
And some journalists are more than happy to let them.
How to Tell When the Latest Drug Scare Story Is Just the Usual BS
Five hallmarks of anti-drug hysteria
There's No Such Thing as Unbiased Journalism, So Stop Pretending
Shock a former political operative was less than honest about his relationship with his former bosses
9 Media Tropes About Free Speech
Popehat's bookmarkable guide to journalistic nonsense about the First Amendment
Watch Comedian Ed Helms Eviscerate Rolling Stone in Awesome UVA Graduation Speech
'A rolling stone gathers no...'
Coffee Research Casts Further Doubt on Warnings About Energy Drinks
How can 240 milligrams of caffeine per day be lethal when 750 is healthy?
CNN Won't Cut Away from White House Correspondents' Dinner, Reassures Viewers They'll 'Find Out All of What Happened in the Streets of Baltimore by This Time Tomorrow'
CNN contributor notes that people can go online for information instead.
The Puzzling Popularity of '$5 Insanity'
Flakka is the worst drug ever yet somehow also the "hot new drug of choice."
CBS News Revives the Myth That 'Bath Salts' Cause Cannibalism
How could a drug Rudy Eugene never took make him chew off someone's face?
VID: Larry King on Drugs, Cryonics, Politics, Airplane Sex Orgies, and Half-Libertarianism
The broadcast legend talks about new media, his online shows, and how he would have interviewed Osama bin Laden.
