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The network has abruptly parted ways with one of its biggest stars.
Online media companies got exactly what they said they wanted.
The HBO movie muddies important distinctions.
A responsible political class would significantly reform the organization. Instead, they will likely continue to give it more power.
The COVID-19 lab leak theory was labeled "misinformation." Now it's the most plausible explanation.
The ADL's annual audit of "antisemitic incidents," which counted a record number last year, is apt to be influenced by changes in methodology and reporting behavior.
Video footage and arrest data indicate that most of the Trump supporters who invaded the building did not commit violent crimes.
"It's very easy for politicians to legislate freedom away," says Northwood University's Kristin Tokarev. "But it's incredibly hard to get back."
The Ohio train accident was frightening enough. Spreading inaccurate information won’t help the citizens of East Palestine.
In rebuking the legislation, the president showed that he may not know what's in it.
The glowing documentary makes no mention of her failures or even shortcomings as speaker.
In an interview, Chris Stirewalt contends that Fox is "not…willing to suffer the consequences of being a news organization."
Time and time again, so-called disinformation watchdogs fail their own tests—the lab leak is just the latest example.
A New York Times story about the state's location-specific gun bans glosses over the vast territory they cover.
The push to label the lab leak thesis a racist conspiracy theory now looks even more foolish.
The paper pushes modest reforms while endorsing continued criminalization.
Erasing sincere disagreement doesn't make it go away.
Hosts and producers privately called Trump lawyer Sidney Powell's claims "complete bs," "insane," and "unbelievably offensive."
Reason talks with the transgender historian who used the term to describe a revolutionary gender-affirming treatment for teens.
In an open letter, they condemned the paper's coverage of trans issues. But their note is more about what questions journalists are not allowed to ask.
A government-supported organization's controversial ratings of online news sources illustrate the challenge of deciding what qualifies as disinformation.
Reason is listed among the "ten riskiest online news outlets" by a government-funded disinfo tracker.
The paper is unfazed by First Amendment objections to the Biden administration's crusade against "misinformation" on social media.
The botched pursuit of the Russiagate story illustrates how the media shed credibility.
The first episode paints an enslaver, plantation master, and Royalist autocrat as a leading and even celebrated agent of emancipation.
"I think we need to just call this out on the bullshit it is."
Deepfakes aren't nearly as dangerous as the tried-and-true technique of saying something misleading with the imprimatur of authority.
Despite an apocalyptic media narrative, the modern era has brought much longer lives and the greatest decline in poverty ever.
An op-ed in The New York Times tries to make the case that the Chinese Communist Party is a worthy partner in raising children.
At the World Economic Forum, Brian Stelter and panelists discuss why everything is Facebook's fault.
Despite what you may have heard, many "recyclables" sent to recycling plants are never recycled at all.
Any unjustified killing by the government demands public attention. But fatal shootings by police used to be much more common.
Data show Florida and New York had similar death numbers despite vastly different approaches.
The paper attributes the fight over the election of the next House speaker to "anti-establishment fervor" and a lust for "personal power."
The Population Bomber has never been right, but is never in doubt that the world is coming to its end.
The year’s highlights in buck passing feature petulant politicians, brazen bureaucrats, careless cops, loony lawyers, and junky journalists.
Social media, streaming, and a new era of digital self-censorship
Another officer claims to have been laid out just by being close to the drug. That’s not how it works.
The movement's net caught a lot of men like writer Junot Diaz—ordinary jerks rather than formidable serial predators.
The journalist has taken a great deal of flack—from both sides.
The mainstream coverage of SBF and FTX is more than a little blasé.
People with money on the line try harder than pundits to be right, and they adjust quickly when they've made a mistake.
Journalists who sound the alarm about Russian propaganda are unfazed by the lack of evidence that it has a meaningful impact.
Reflexive opposition to the 45th president was terrible for Covid policy and basic ethics.
An interview between President Joe Biden and social media star Dylan Mulvaney offer a lesson in mutual forbearance.
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