Media
Mother Jones Claims the Rate of Mass Shootings Has Tripled Since 2011. Is That True?
A new bottle for some old data
Ebola Conspiracies: A Tale of Two Daily Mail Articles
A newspaper chortles about dubious Ebola stories while spreading one of its own.
Don't Panic About Ebola—and Don't Panic About People Panicking Either
Public hysteria isn't the problem.
Video's Gutenberg Moment
How the VX1000 camera revolutionized news, documentaries, and porn.
Obama Met with Journalists Before ISIS War Speech
Dude, they're not the ones you need to get permission from.
Girl Tries to Kill Family; Sheriff's Office Blames…Slender Man?
A new wave of Slender Man hysteria
The Trouble with Conspiracy Science
What the social scientists and psychologists who study conspiracy theories get wrong.
Afghanistan Boots New York Times Journalist (One Day After Banning Him From Leaving)
Back to Taliban treatment of the U.S. press.