Media

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

Economics

Liberal Pundits of the World Unite Over Thomas Piketty's New Book

Democratic pundits have enthusiastically and unconditionally embraced Capital in the Twenty-First Century, a book that evokes Karl Marx and talks about tweaking the Soviet experiment.

David Harsanyi | 4.25.2014 4:30 PM

Nanny State

Beezin: The Awesome New Fake Teen Drug Panic Involving Lipbalm and Eyelids

Katherine Mangu-Ward | 4.25.2014 11:22 AM

Civil Liberties

Edward Snowden's NSA Leaks Lead to Pulitzer Prize; Pension Crisis Also Noticed

Scott Shackford | 4.14.2014 4:50 PM

Culture

Media Hysteria Watch: Local News Show Freaks Out Over Footage of a Car Briefly Stopping

The abduction attempt that wasn't.

Jesse Walker | 4.9.2014 8:33 AM

Culture

The (Fake) Free State Project of 1970: Turn a Texas Town Into a Haven for Every 'Wholesome Vice Known to Modern Man'

Welcome to Mad Dog, Texas.

Jesse Walker | 4.8.2014 2:03 PM

Gay Marriage

Mother Jones: OkCupid Push Against Mozilla CEO Looking More Like a PR Stunt Than a Protest

Ed Krayewski | 4.8.2014 9:48 AM

Politics

Why is Calif. State Sen. Leland Yee Not Yet a Household Name?

Scott Shackford | 4.1.2014 11:31 AM

North Korea

List of North Korean State-Approved Haircuts Reportedly Down to One for Male Students, Kim Jong Un's

Ed Krayewski | 3.27.2014 8:09 AM

Policy

Obama Continues Reign as Abusive Husband of American Media

Scott Shackford | 3.25.2014 11:55 AM

Culture

Another War Breaks Out In the Pacifica Radio Network

Making sense of the in-fighting

Jesse Walker | 3.19.2014 2:12 PM

Politics

"Go Fruve Yourself!"; Sad-Sack Govt Attempt at Nutritional Advice Just May Start Revolution.

Nick Gillespie | 3.18.2014 11:40 AM

Politics

Key & Peele: "Make Fun of EVERYTHING"

Nick Gillespie | 3.18.2014 10:01 AM

Culture

Bill O'Reilly Breaks Out Some History

Koan of the day

Jesse Walker | 3.11.2014 11:55 PM

Civil Liberties

Zach Galifianakis Jokes With President Obama About Hilarious Stuff Like Drones, NSA Spying

Elizabeth Nolan Brown | 3.11.2014 9:30 AM

New York City

FDNY Accused of Using NSA-Like Tactics, Subpoena Power to Retaliate Against Firefighter

New York City firefighter claims she was denied a promotion for being an anonymous source for the Post

Ed Krayewski | 3.7.2014 5:03 PM

Policy

Landmark Copyright Ruling Rings in 20th Anniversary; Celebrate With Your Favorite Parody Videos

Elizabeth Nolan Brown | 3.7.2014 5:00 PM

Politics

Tonight on The Independents: Red Meat Wednesday With P.J. O'Rourke, Judge Napolitano, Michael Ian Black, and Jim Norton!

Matt Welch | 3.5.2014 8:12 PM

Science & Technology

Sanjay Gupta Pushes Even Further in Support of Medical Marijuana

CNN to air new documentary about pot's medicinal value

Scott Shackford | 3.5.2014 5:20 PM

Policy

Let's See If California Decides We Have the Right to Know Which Cops Shoot People

Do we have the right to know which cops don't know a gun from a water hose nozzle?

Scott Shackford | 3.4.2014 5:10 PM

Ukraine

Russia Today Anchor: What Russia Did in Ukraine Was Wrong

American anchor on a Russia-funded network

Ed Krayewski | 3.4.2014 12:51 PM

Politics

America's Portrait Artist

Zenon Evans | 2.28.2014 7:00 AM

Politics

'We're Creating Our Own Evolutionary Next Step'

Wired co-founder Louis Rossetto on the digital revolution and the death of the megastate.

Nick Gillespie | 2.27.2014 10:00 AM