Coronavirus Testing Finally Ramps Up, No Thanks to the Federal Government
Plus: margaritas and toilet paper, Playboy ends its print publication, and more...
Plus: margaritas and toilet paper, Playboy ends its print publication, and more...
The Reason Roundtable podcast debates the severity of the both the outbreak and the potential governmental responses.
How the press learned to stop worrying and love censorship.
“The suspect was struck several times by the officer's duty weapon.” No, the cop shot him.
The internet has turned adult performers into media entrepreneurs.
"I don't think you should do Twitter if you think you're better than Twitter."
Authoritarian Jair Bolsonaro attacks the press using the same justification the U.S. used to charge Julian Assange.
John Tierney and Roy F. Baumeister want to defeat The Power of Bad.
Human beings are designed to remember trauma more than joy, bad times more than good ones. But John Tierney and Roy F. Baumeister have good news on the despair front.
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"CNN is the mother of fake news," reads the introduction to Nunes' new lawsuit.
The podcast superstar talks about how media gatekeepers have been mostly vanquished and his deep interest in liberty and freedom.
The Fox News star talks about Donald Trump, the 2020 election, the end of politics, and why he's ready for a whole new reality.
Mattress girl's unlikely friendship with Reason folks is the subject of a recent piece for The Cut.
Freedom of expression is under attack from politicians, activists, and, saddest of all, journalists who benefit most from it.
The mainstream media are channeling Dr. Zaius, the elitist orangutan from Planet of the Apes, who hid dark secrets out of misguided paternalism.
The article ignores Gabbard's arguments for a less interventionist foreign policy, preferring to speculate about foreigners and fascists.
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Is there a limit to how far he'll go to take down opponents and critics?
A spokesman for Gov. Jared Polis objects to a news story not because it’s wrong, but because of who wrote it.
Snopes doesn’t seem to get the joke.
In fact, they didn’t have any detectable impact at all.
Even as the senator calls Donald Trump a press-bullying authoritarian, he threatens press freedom in the name of preserving "independent" media.
Familiar faces move between government office and media slots, rarely questioning the institution that plays a core role in their lives.
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The nation's leading scholar of mass shootings explains how media coverage of horrific events such as El Paso and Dayton stoke unwarranted fear and anxiety.
It's foolish for media outlets to imply that laws which were signed in May and June were passed in relation to the tragic shooting in El Paso.
Editor in Chief Kyle Mann talks about being taken literally by fact checkers, whether any subject (even a mass shooting) is off limits, and the libertarian sensibility of his humor.
Plus: 8chan called before Congress, data privacy bill hits a snag, and more...
Most "news" is just press releases and breathless exaggerations of isolated problems.
Studies show no connection between games and real-world aggression.
He was hired to bring ideological diversity to The Atlantic and fired days later for being heterodox. He's not a fan of Donald Trump but finds his critics just as bad.
Brian Lamb, the network's founder, is stepping down as CEO after 40 years of putting cameras on Congress, hosting in-depth interviews, and creating an enduring home for diverse civil discourse.
There was a lot more to the Fox News boss than just vicious villainy.
Hawley is selling it as a way to fight tech-company "bias" against Republicans. Don't believe him.
Mainstream media is starting to embrace the idea of deregulating housing construction. Will policymakers?
Plus: psychedelics research bill moves forward, big companies push back against abortion bans, and more...
Despite scant evidence, everyone wants to believe that social media has a unique ability to control our thoughts and actions.
Actions speak louder than words. Trump 's labeling of the media as "the enemy of the people" is bad, but he's not breaking into reporters' homes to find leakers. That's what the San Francisco Police Department did.
The chief and the union square off over who arranged what was likely an illegal search.
Social media platforms and governments are "voluntarily" teaming up to ban "violent extremist content." What could go wrong?
Our nominated stories run the gamut from sanctuary cities to Gary Gygax and curling.
The libertarian legal analyst says Trump, like his White House predecessors, has abused executive power in all sorts of ways.
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