Media

Torture

The New York Times Discovers Word 'Torture' in Its Dictionary, Dusts It Off

Scott Shackford | 8.7.2014 6:01 PM

World

Traveling to Thailand? Don't Bring '1984'

"You don't want to be mistaken for an anti-coup protestor."

Elizabeth Nolan Brown | 8.6.2014 11:52 AM

Civil Liberties

The New York Times Runs a Full-Page Ad for a Marijuana Review Site

You know a social revolution is succeeding when it feels banal.

Jesse Walker | 8.3.2014 10:04 AM

Politics

"Why I'm Actually Pretty Psyched For the New Sarah Palin Channel"

Nick Gillespie | 7.31.2014 5:23 PM

Culture

David Frum, Gaza Truther

A pundit's paranoia.

Jesse Walker | 7.31.2014 8:05 AM

Economics

Is Amazon Evil Because It Wants to Charge You *Less* for E-Books?

Nick Gillespie | 7.30.2014 6:26 PM

Rand Paul

Rand Paul Calls Out MSNBC for Being Dishonest

Ed Krayewski | 7.30.2014 5:31 PM

Surveillance

Spying on Everybody Threatens a Free Press Says Groups, Common Sense

Human Rights Watch and ACLU put out joint report

Reason Staff | 7.28.2014 2:00 PM

Media

Jersey City Mayor Wishes He Asked Media Not to Release Name of Cop Killer, Compares Killing to Columbine, Newtown

Ed Krayewski | 7.23.2014 12:01 PM

Culture

The Ivy League Is Overrated, Says Ivy-Dominated New Republic

The magazine has a point!

Jesse Walker | 7.22.2014 8:35 PM

Politics

Tonight on The Independents: Red Meat Wednesday, With Judge Napolitano, TV's Andy Levy, Meth Babies, Crap Presidents, Gun Hysteria, V.A. Privatization, and More!

Matt Welch | 7.16.2014 8:55 PM

Politics

What Libertarianism Isn't

Elizabeth Nolan Brown | 7.13.2014 1:01 PM

Culture

Journalists and Filmmakers: Win Big $$ (and Recognition!) at the Reason Media Awards!

Reason Staff | 7.11.2014 2:33 PM

Politics

Guess Who Doesn't Want to Impeach Obama?

Elizabeth Nolan Brown | 7.9.2014 12:25 PM

Culture

Bad Things Happen in an Instant, But Good News Takes Time

Journalists do a bad job telling you about what's really changing in the world because we miss the stories that happen slowly.

John Stossel | 7.9.2014 12:00 PM

Censorship

As Commanded by EU, News Stories Start Disappearing from Google Searches

Scott Shackford | 7.3.2014 2:30 PM

Politics

How British Liberals Sold Out Free Speech

A new wave of press censorship hits the U.K.

Brendan O'Neill | 7.3.2014 10:00 AM

Obamacare

Selling Obamacare

The weird, misleading propaganda behind the federal health care law

Mark Hemingway | 7.1.2014 12:00 PM

Politics

1940s Capitalism Cartoon Makes a Comeback

Emily Ekins | 6.26.2014 2:10 PM

Culture

Media Loves Big Government

Reporters seek out stories about government saving the day

John Stossel | 6.25.2014 12:00 PM

Journalism

Beltway Journos Grasp at Credential Authority to Try to Keep Out Blogger Experts Like SCOTUSBlog

Scott Shackford | 6.24.2014 1:25 PM

Culture

Journalists and Filmmakers: Win Big $$ at the Reason Media Awards!

Reason Staff | 6.23.2014 1:36 PM

Walmart

Walmart Takes Red Pen to Typical NY Times Wage Gap Column

Scott Shackford | 6.23.2014 11:58 AM

Culture

Activists Lobbying for Federal Department of Photoshop Fails

Elizabeth Nolan Brown | 6.11.2014 5:01 PM

Culture

Slender Man Now Linked to Ludicrous Media Hysteria

The creepypasta panic of 2014

Jesse Walker | 6.10.2014 10:08 AM

Culture

Linking Without Consent: The New (Imagined) Tragedy of the Twitter Commons

Elizabeth Nolan Brown | 6.9.2014 4:48 PM

Culture

Why Did Nicholas Kristof Believe Somaly Mam's Lies?

The roots and consequences of a deception.

Jesse Walker | 6.3.2014 3:55 PM

Civil Liberties

Authors Guild Hates Change, Attacks the Writers It Says It Wants to Protect

Nick Gillespie | 6.2.2014 1:28 PM

Culture

Condolences to Red Eye's Greg Gutfeld on the Passing of His Mother Jackie

Nick Gillespie | 6.1.2014 11:15 AM

Politics

That Time Tom Friedman Said the Iraq War Was All About Telling Muslims "To Suck. On. This."

Nick Gillespie | 5.30.2014 6:40 PM

Politics

Why There's Still Hope: Reporters Openly Laugh at State Dept. Flack

Nick Gillespie | 5.30.2014 6:11 PM

Politics

Anti-Cartoon Islamist Protests Not Spontaneous, Part of a Conspiracy, Former Spokesperson Claims

Ed Krayewski | 5.29.2014 3:06 PM

Edward Snowden

Snowden: The Government That Is Attacking Me Is Also Reforming Because of Me

Scott Shackford | 5.29.2014 11:20 AM

Politics

Santa Barbara Stabbing and Shooting Spree Can Be Used to Advance All Kinds of Agendas

But especially the ones trotted out after every sufficiently newsworthy tragedy like this

Ed Krayewski | 5.27.2014 12:01 PM

Politics

Net Neutrality: Don't Let the FCC Control the Internet!

Nick Gillespie | 5.26.2014 2:28 PM

Culture

Simmer Down, Internet—Nobody Is Actually Advocating for Paid Menstrual Leave

Elizabeth Nolan Brown | 5.23.2014 8:00 AM

Edward Snowden

At The New York Times, a Sudden Appreciation for Media Censorship with Greenwald

Scott Shackford | 5.22.2014 4:05 PM

Culture

Good News: The Bad News Is Overhyped

Optimism isn't just an attitude-it's an accurate assessment of how well the human race has fared over the past several centuries.

John Stossel | 5.21.2014 12:00 PM

Culture

BuzzFeed is a Commie Plot

Or maybe courses in critical theory are business school. Or both.

Jesse Walker | 5.21.2014 10:50 AM

Policy

A Retiree Digitizes 27 Million Old Newspaper Pages in His Living Room (and Libraries Fight to Catch Up)

A wonderful new web portal for searching the old Brooklyn Daily Eagle.

Jim Epstein | 5.18.2014 1:00 PM

Culture

Friday A/V Club: Stalin's Friends in the Press

Pathé's pathetic propaganda

Jesse Walker | 5.16.2014 10:46 AM

Politics

Emails Reveal Federal Agency Ignored Conservative Media Inquiries

Zenon Evans | 5.15.2014 2:06 PM

Culture

The Stupidest Pseudo-Story of the Week

The Daily Mail freaks out over halal food.

Jesse Walker | 5.8.2014 11:03 AM

Culture

Choose Your Own Adventure

Propaganda, games, and the quest for a more 'democratic' media environment.

Jesse Walker | 5.7.2014 10:00 AM

Politics

Rick Santorum: Rand Paul's "Not My Leader," GOP not a "Libertarian Party"

Nick Gillespie | 5.6.2014 11:37 AM

North Korea

North Korea Strikes Back With Human Rights Report of Its Own

Ed Krayewski | 5.3.2014 11:33 AM