Television

Television

David Simon Says

The creator of HBO's The Wire talks about the decline of journalism, the failure of the drug war, and a new kind of TV.

Jesse Walker | 10.1.2004 12:00 AM

Politics

Is Your Bong Breeding Terrorists?

The DEA brings reefer madness to the Big Apple

Nick Gillespie | 9.28.2004 12:00 AM

Politics

The Sorrows of CBS

The network still seems to think it's involved in a political game

Charles Paul Freund | 9.22.2004 12:00 AM

Politics

Agenda Bender

Memo stirs old vs. new media war

Cathy Young | 9.21.2004 12:00 AM

Culture

The Jon Stewart Question

Jesse Walker | 8.25.2004 10:41 AM

Culture

Crossballs Puzzle

Why don't the guests on Comedy Central's fake debate show get the joke?

Jacob Sullum | 7.30.2004 12:00 AM

Policy

Regulating Radios

Broadcast flag at half-mast.

Julian Sanchez | 7.1.2004 12:00 AM

Culture

Lies and Medicare

Not necessarily the news

Jesse Walker | 7.1.2004 12:00 AM

Culture

Teletubbies

The link between fat ad budgets and fat children

Jacob Sullum | 6.11.2004 12:00 AM

Culture

Ghosts of Ted McGinley

Unplugging the stupidity of TV Turnoff Week

Nick Gillespie | 4.19.2004 12:00 AM

Television

The Ego and His Show

Jesse Walker | 4.16.2004 4:34 AM

Policy

Location Shot

Is film outsourcing "runaway production" or just good business?

RiShawn Biddle | 4.15.2004 12:00 AM

Anarchism

For Our Anarchist Readers

Jesse Walker | 4.12.2004 6:25 AM

Culture

Doctor Who and the Fandom of Fear

What happens when fans take over a franchise?

Jesse Walker | 4.8.2004 12:00 AM

Policy

Emotional Choices

What story you choose to believe about antidepressants reveals a deeper truth about who you are.

Joli Jensen | 4.1.2004 12:00 AM

Civil Liberties

For the Want of a Bra

The Senate Commerce Committee vs. Free Speech

Nick Gillespie | 3.10.2004 12:00 AM

Politics

McLuhan's War

TV and Tailgunner Joe

Nick Gillespie | 3.1.2004 12:00 AM

Politics

Shepherds of the Nation

The FCC's war on indecency

Jesse Walker | 2.10.2004 12:00 AM

Culture

America Goes Bowling

Football as a Way of Life

Jeff Taylor | 2.2.2004 12:00 AM

Politics

Teenage Wasteland

Critics on the left and right falsely portray kids as passive victims of mass media.

Carl Horowitz | 2.1.2004 12:00 AM

Politics

Faction News

Lebanon's media: divided and unconquered

Michael Young | 1.29.2004 12:00 AM

Politics

Tantrums on the Tarmac

Treat people like babies, and babies are what you'll get

Jesse Walker | 1.15.2004 12:00 AM

Politics

Editor's Note: The Myth of Media Monopoly

Nick Gillespie | 1.1.2004 12:00 AM

Politics

Domination Fantasies

Does Rupert Murdoch control the media? Does anyone?

Ben Compaine | 1.1.2004 12:00 AM

Culture

From the Jaws of Victory

Catching Saddam and giving Iraqis their country back

Michael Young | 12.19.2003 12:00 AM

Culture

Waiting for Antar

Why Saddam was supposed to kill himself

Charles Paul Freund | 12.15.2003 12:00 AM

Politics

Animated Discourse

Cartoons and you--partners in freedom

Jesse Walker | 12.14.2003 12:00 AM

Politics

Undue Influence

Closing the First Amendment "Loophole"

Julian Sanchez | 12.10.2003 12:00 AM

Politics

Letters

Reason Staff | 12.1.2003 12:00 AM

Politics

Mr. Moonves, Tear Down This Series

Free speech or twisting of history?

Cathy Young | 11.11.2003 12:00 AM

Politics

Arabian Idol

Reality TV tames nationalism

Charles Paul Freund | 11.1.2003 12:00 AM

Culture

Contributors

Reason Staff | 11.1.2003 12:00 AM

Culture

Viewing With Alarm

Little kids watch TV; alert the media!

Jacob Sullum | 10.31.2003 12:00 AM

Policy

Lou's Blues

Lou Dobbs and the new mercantilism

Julian Sanchez | 10.30.2003 12:00 AM

Politics

Sexual Politics 2003

Clarence Thomas, your legacy's calling

Nick Gillespie | 10.15.2003 12:00 AM

Policy

The Mummers and the Media

The National Association of Broadcasters goes to Philadelphia.

Jesse Walker | 10.6.2003 12:00 AM

Politics

October Sweeps

Can the Democratic debates be made interesting?

Nick Gillespie | 9.25.2003 12:00 AM

Politics

K Street Cred

Ersatz realism in a city of spin

Julian Sanchez | 9.16.2003 12:00 AM

Television

John Ritter Dies

Matt Welch | 9.12.2003 12:32 PM

Civil Liberties

Tinselectomy

How much bad behavior does Hollywood cause?

Nick Gillespie | 8.29.2003 12:00 AM

Politics

Bad Ad

Peanuts, candy, heroin

Julian Sanchez | 8.1.2003 12:00 AM

Civil Liberties

Channel Change

More TV for kids

Sara Rimensnyder | 8.1.2003 12:00 AM

Culture

Contributors

Reason Staff | 8.1.2003 12:00 AM

Culture

Why Buffy Kicked Ass

The deep meaning of TV's favorite vampire slayer

Virginia Postrel | 8.1.2003 12:00 AM

Policy

Really Creative Destruction

Economist Tyler Cowen argues for the cultural benefits of globalization

Nick Gillespie | 8.1.2003 12:00 AM

Politics

None Dare Call It Stupidity

Pure nastiness left and right

Cathy Young | 7.15.2003 12:00 AM

Culture

Arabian Naughts

The Pentagon's cartoonish denial of the obvious

Jeff Taylor | 7.8.2003 12:00 AM

Culture

25 years ago in reason

Absurd news bites, served fresh every day.

Reason Staff | 7.1.2003 12:00 AM