Media

Civil Liberties

A Feminist Video Game Anita Sarkeesian Would Hate?

Elizabeth Nolan Brown | 1.8.2015 2:45 PM

Culture

Sources Lie to Reporters—All the Time

And not just about big things.

Jesse Walker | 1.8.2015 12:27 PM

Free Press

Md. Legislator Kirby Delauter Doesn't Know How Rights Like Free Speech Work, Knows Threatening to Sue is the American Way

Ed Krayewski | 1.7.2015 2:20 PM

Terrorism

The White House on Charlie Hebdo, Then and Now

Scott Shackford | 1.7.2015 12:10 PM

Culture

Guy Who Attacked Female Worker Is a 'Hulking Brute.' Oh Wait, He's a Cop? Nevermind.

Robby Soave | 1.5.2015 2:18 PM

Sex Work

The Rolling Stone UVa Story, Eden, and Media Exploitation

Noah Berlatsky | 1.4.2015 8:00 AM

Economics

Ignorance On Display in The New York Times

John Stossel | 12.31.2014 12:00 AM

Politics

Instapundit: Excessive Tribalism Poisons Both Sides of Police-Violence Debate

Nick Gillespie | 12.29.2014 11:54 AM

Civil Liberties

The Sony Hack and the First Amendment

If Sony sued to keep the press from publishing info acquired by hackers, it would probably lose.

Jesse Walker | 12.16.2014 10:32 AM

Uber

No, Uber Didn't 'Turn On' Surge Pricing in Sydney Because of the Terrorist Attack

Ed Krayewski | 12.15.2014 7:08 PM

Police Abuse

Philly Area Cops Freak Out Over Editorial Cartoon Depicting Children Asking Santa to Protect Them From Cops

Ed Krayewski | 12.11.2014 6:05 PM

Politics

Tired: "America is great because she is good." Wired: "America is AWESOME" because TORTURE

Nick Gillespie | 12.11.2014 1:11 PM

Google

Tax on Linking to Media Prompts Google News to Abandon Spain

Scott Shackford | 12.11.2014 12:20 PM

Culture

Rolling Stone and the Cult of Credulity

The mantra 'I believe' pathologizes skepticism and doesn't help victims.

Brendan O'Neill | 12.8.2014 6:00 PM

Webathon

Donate to Reason! Because Our Publisher Won't Blather on About 'Sustainable' False Choices in The Washington Post!

Matt Welch | 12.7.2014 11:00 PM

Culture

History Repeats Itself at The New Republic

The latest shift at a magazine that has changed course many times before

Jesse Walker | 12.6.2014 4:44 PM

Police Abuse

"…And a War in the Middle East"

Ed Krayewski | 12.5.2014 12:21 PM

Policy

Cops vs. Cameras: The Killing of Kelly Thomas and The Power of New Media

Paul Detrick | 11.29.2014 3:00 PM

Politics

Errol Morris on Donald Rumsfeld, The Unknown Known, and Evidence-Based Journalism

Nick Gillespie and Jim Epstein | 11.29.2014 10:30 AM

Obama Administration

New York Times Alters Hagel Story to Eliminate Obama's Dismissive Analysis of ISIS

Scott Shackford | 11.25.2014 2:10 PM

Media

Ferguson, Obama, and the Pundit Class's Fixation on Speeches

Words are cheap.

Jesse Walker | 11.25.2014 12:59 AM

Michael Brown

Federal Judge Orders Police Not to Interfere with Recording in Ferguson

Scott Shackford | 11.21.2014 3:00 PM

Culture

GamerGate: How Consumers Are Influencing the Culture Battle

Video games have become America's favorite hobby. A culture clash over identity was probably inevitable.

Scott Shackford | 11.20.2014 4:30 PM

FBI

Associated Press to FBI: Stop Pretending to Be Us

Scott Shackford | 11.7.2014 11:25 AM

Politics

Reporter Sharyl Attkisson Believes She's on an Obama 'Enemies List'

Zenon Evans | 11.4.2014 3:35 PM

Election 2014

Your Guide to Ignoring Midterm Election Television Coverage

Scott Shackford | 11.4.2014 11:40 AM

Politics

Whatever Happened to Press Freedom and Free Speech? Nick Gillespie at Newseum on Wed

Nick Gillespie | 11.3.2014 2:40 PM

Election 2014

N.C. Media Yanks Story Suggesting Sen. Hagan's Family Cashed In on Stimulus (UPDATED)

Scott Shackford | 11.3.2014 11:10 AM

FBI

FBI Admits It Created Fake AP News Story

Agents sent story link to 15-year-old suspect's MySpace page

Reason Staff | 10.29.2014 10:22 AM

Police

NBC News Highlights Low Pay Offered by Some St. Louis-Area Police Departments

Ed Krayewski | 10.27.2014 12:58 PM

Culture

Sometimes the Best Part of an Article is the Correction at the End

Mistake of the month.

Jesse Walker | 10.27.2014 8:10 AM

Science & Technology

Watch (and Cringe): U.S. vs. U.K. Media on Ebola

Elizabeth Nolan Brown | 10.27.2014 7:00 AM

Politics

The New Presidential Propaganda

Imagery of the chief executive is more tightly controlled and carefully considered than ever.

Todd Krainin | 10.26.2014 10:00 AM

Politics

Sharyl Attkisson's Stonewalled: How the Media Protects Obama

Nick Gillespie | 10.26.2014 9:00 AM

Culture

Ebola and the Media's Multiple Personality Disorder

A tale of two narratives

Jesse Walker | 10.22.2014 4:31 PM

Media

Legendary Editor Ben Bradlee Dead

Oversaw Watergate coverage at the Washington Post

Reason Staff | 10.21.2014 10:30 PM

New Hampshire

Watch: Keene Pumpkin Fest Lady Accuses Journalist of Being 'Free-Stater,' Tries to Censor Him

Scott Shackford | 10.21.2014 10:30 AM

Politics

"The press should have no rights that the average citizen does not have."

Nick Gillespie | 10.21.2014 9:50 AM

Politics

Get Over It, Hickenlooper, Beauprez: Pot is the New Normal

Nick Gillespie | 10.17.2014 11:31 AM

Police

Cop Blames Media Coverage for Distrust of Cops

Ed Krayewski | 10.16.2014 3:56 PM

Politics

Nick Gillespie on Stossel Tonite, Talking Fair-Weather Federalism!

Nick Gillespie | 10.16.2014 3:02 PM

Mass Shootings

Mother Jones Claims the Rate of Mass Shootings Has Tripled Since 2011. Is That True?

A new bottle for some old data

Jesse Walker | 10.16.2014 12:35 PM

Culture

Ebola Conspiracies: A Tale of Two Daily Mail Articles

A newspaper chortles about dubious Ebola stories while spreading one of its own.

Jesse Walker | 10.15.2014 10:50 AM

Media

San Francisco Bay Guardian Shuts Down

Alternative weekly had been around for almost 50 years.

Reason Staff | 10.14.2014 3:30 PM

Politics

Watch: ISIS Releases Training Camp Propaganda Video

Zenon Evans | 10.14.2014 11:40 AM

Politics

Kim Jong-un Misses Key Event; Authorities Maintain He's in Control

Zenon Evans | 10.10.2014 11:10 AM