Was Charging Sarah Palin With Complicity in Mass Murder an Honest Mistake?
The former vice presidential candidate's revived defamation suit against The New York Times highlights the hazards of us-versus-them thinking.
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Forget Fake News, the Real Problem Is Stupid News
Most "news" is just press releases and breathless exaggerations of isolated problems.
The Dismissal of Nicholas Sandmann's Lawsuit Shows There's a Difference Between Unfair Press Coverage and Libel
While the teenager has a legitimate beef about coverage of his encounter with Native American activist Nathan Phillips, that doesn't mean he has a legal cause of action.
Paul Krassner: The Lost Interview
A previously unpublished conversation with “investigative satirist” Paul Krassner, who just died at age 87.
The Washington Post 's Simplistic Assumption That More Opioid Prescriptions Mean More Drug Overdoses Is Demonstrably Wrong
The causes of opioid-related deaths are more complicated than "too many pain pills."
How 'Ag-Gag' Laws Stifle Free Speech
The government shouldn't pass special laws that prevent people from revealing what's true.
If Cops Don't Die From Incidental Fentanyl Exposure, a Drug Treatment Specialist Warns, They 'Could Become Addicted to It Instantly'
Such scaremongering poses a potentially deadly threat.
Antifa Mob Viciously Assaults Journalist Andy Ngo at Portland Rally
Masked activists attacked the Quillette editor with fists and milkshakes, sending him to the emergency room.
Congress Wants to Help Broker a Better Tech Deal for Big Media
Plus: psychedelics research bill moves forward, big companies push back against abortion bans, and more...
Australian Police Raided a Newsroom and a Journalist's Home for Reporting on Government Secrets
The police conducted two searches in two days to track down who is leaking things leaders don’t want the public to know.
Double Standards Endanger Press Freedom
The treatment of Bryan Carmody and Julian Assange reveals widespread confusion about who counts as a journalist and whether it matters.
Police Raid on San Francisco Journalist Descends Into Blame Game
The chief and the union square off over who arranged what was likely an illegal search.
New Espionage Charges Against Assange Are Bad for Journalists, Worse for Citizens
It's not just the right to report that's under attack. It's also your right to be informed.
To Fight 'Extremism,' Journalists Are Praising Online Censorship
Social media platforms and governments are "voluntarily" teaming up to ban "violent extremist content." What could go wrong?
How Independent Journalists Are Beating the Mainstream Media
“I don't know who to believe. Why don't I just go there and see for myself?"
Stossel: The Rise of Citizen Journalists
A new wave of journalists, like Tim Pool, use "new media" to tell it like it is.
Poynter Institute's Retracted List of Fake News Sites Was Written by SPLC Podcast Producer
Media watchdogs should not outsource their fact-checking to the Southern Poverty Law Center.
Are Food-Stamp Receipts Beyond the Reach of FOIA? Supreme Court Hears Arguments Today
Plus: Violence in Sri Lanka leads to social media suppression, and the White House wants to make it harder for pretrial diversion participants to get government jobs.
Ben Shapiro Wrongly Accused of Feeding Far-Right Narrative That Muslims Burned Down Notre Dame
More sloppy mischaracterizations from Talia Lavin, who is indeed "too online."
Julian Assange Is a Better Journalist Than Many of His Media Critics
Journalism is at risk not just from government but from media types who see their jobs as protecting the powerful from embarrassment.
Punishing Assange Isn't Worth Killing a Free Press: Reason Roundup
Plus: Christians and bureaucrats versus Tarot in Virginia, and Democratic candidates on restoring voting rights to prisoners
Feds Used a Secret Database to Track Journalists Covering the Migrant Caravan: Reason Roundup
Plus: Facebook says it's pivoting to privacy, and congressional Democrats want to "save the internet."
No, the NRA Is Not Urging Its Members to Assassinate Gun Control Supporters, Culture War
A lame headline provokes even lamer charges of incitement to violence.
AZ Marshal Threatens Preteen Reporter with Juvie, Reportedly Says: 'I Don't Want to Hear About Any of That Freedom of the Press Stuff'
Posting a recording of the interaction to the internet would be illegal, the marshal said.
The FBI Stays Silent After Detaining an American News Anchor for a Week
Marzieh Hashemi's family was largely kept in the dark during her detention.
No, Gov. Cuomo, Journalists Shouldn't Be an Extra-Protected Class: Reason Roundup
Plus: Rand Paul has "never been prouder" of Trump, the Women's March clashes with the Park Service, and Vegas' first Stripper Parade & Expo is coming soon.
How Is It OK for CNN to Hire Possible Presidential Contender John Kasich?
"This is not me promoting anything, including myself," the former Ohio governor says, while promoting himself.
Private Companies and State Governments Fight for Local News
Facebook is the latest to announce its intentions to save local media.
Reporters Become Participants in Tribal Political Warfare
Journalists, like other Americans, will have an easier time only when the struggle for control of government stops mattering so much.
Neither 'Capacity' Nor 'Power' Distinguishes 'Assault Weapons' From Other Firearms
The New York Times continues to push the myth that there is something uniquely deadly about the guns Dianne Feinstein wants to ban.
Tom Woods Interviews Matt Welch About Journalism, Libertarianism, and War
Talking about everything from Central Europe to interventionism to Bill Weld on The Tom Woods Show
Rep. Justin Amash Cosponsors Bill to Halt Saudi Arms Sales Over Missing Journalist
The bill may be new, but Amash's criticism of the Saudi regime is not.
Jamal Khashoggi Disappearance Doesn't Seem to Faze White House: Reason Roundup
Plus: Kavanaugh and Gorsuch differ during immigration case.
High School Journalists Fight for Their 1st Amendment Right to Report on Their School's Administration
Student journalists at a Vermont high school had a damning article censored by their interim principal.
The Importance of Uncomfortable Conversations
Uncensored author and new college grad Zachary R. Wood explains why his generation is so scared of viewpoint diversity.
The New York Times Shouldn't Fire Sarah Jeong for Racist Tweets About White People
Call out hypocrisy, but don't join the lynch mob.
Andrew Cuomo Wants the State to Save a Failing Newspaper
After the struggling New York Daily News laid off about half of its staff yesterday, Gov. Cuomo offered to help.
Will Trump's Next SCOTUS Pick Be Able To Overturn Roe v. Wade?: Podcast
The short answer is no. The longer answer is maybe, a little at a time, and that's a problem. Plus, is 2018 turning into 1968, a year of high-profile violence?
Travel Shows Were Boring as Fuck. Then Came Anthony Bourdain.
The late travel host changed television—and my life.
Tom Wolfe Is Dead but the 'Me Decade' Lives On (and That's a Good Thing)
The world didn't just lose a transformative prose stylist. We lost our guide who still explains the contemporary world.
Tom Wolfe, RIP
The greatest of the New Journalists has died at 88. Take a look at some of Reason's past coverage of him.
Let's See More Michelle Wolf-Style Nastiness in Political Journalism
Wolf's White House-focused hostility was a hell of a lot healthier than the smug chumminess that usually prevails at the annual journalist gathering.
How to Sniff Out Fake News
You don't need (and definitely do not want) the government to serve as a lie detector.
Farewell to Nicholas von Hoffman, the Newsman Who Got Fired for Comparing Nixon to a Dead Mouse
Friday A/V Club: Columnist, broadcaster, and critic of concentrated power
Trump's Idea of 'Fake News' Is Much Broader Than His Awards Suggest
The president applies the term to any reporting that makes him look bad, regardless of whether it is accurate.
