Reason

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Who owns it

Founded: 1968
Founded by: Lanny Friedlander
Headquarters: Los Angeles
Country: United States

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What we found in its articles

48 articles analyzed, 2026-07-30 to 2026-09-30. The daily feed picks a few articles a day from each outlet, so this is a sample, not everything Reason publishes.

Techniques found

Loaded Language in 44 articles — for example “Destroyed an Innocent Woman's Home” (Police in Texas Totaled an Innocent Woman's Car. Why Did Houston Deny Her Claim for Compensation?)

Name Calling in 24 articles — for example “monstrous human being” (Warning Notice to Man Who Sent Critical E-Mail to ICE Acting Director Likely Violated First Amendment)

Appeal to Fear in 23 articles — for example “Beware the Rush to Judgment” (Beware the Rush to Judgment in the Cornell Rape Case)

Card Stacking in 11 articles — for example “the far more accurate version of the chant in Arabic, which translates to "From the river to the sea, Palestine will be Arab"” (Nearly 50% of West Bank Palestinians Says Israel Does Not Have A Right To Exist)

Conspiracy Appeal in 11 articles — for example “Left unsaid, of course, is how liberal groups are judge shopping” (New York Times Recycles Same Old Story About Northern District of Texas)

Black-and-White Fallacy in 9 articles — for example “the only Jewish state in the world would cease to exist, and all Jews would be expelled” (Nearly 50% of West Bank Palestinians Says Israel Does Not Have A Right To Exist)

Appeal to Prejudice in 7 articles — for example “After the largest massacre of Jews since the Holocaust, thousands of college students marched through the streets chanting” (Nearly 50% of West Bank Palestinians Says Israel Does Not Have A Right To Exist)

Exaggeration/Hyperbole in 7 articles — for example “America's Reinhard Heydrich, the butcher” (Warning Notice to Man Who Sent Critical E-Mail to ICE Acting Director Likely Violated First Amendment)

News

Beware the Rush to Judgment in the Cornell Rape Case · 2026-09-30 Appeal to Fear

Police in Texas Totaled an Innocent Woman's Car. Why Did Houston Deny Her Claim for Compensation? · 2026-09-28 Loaded Language Appeal to Fear

Second Amendment Roundup: 1st Volley of Briefs Filed in Viramontes · 2026-09-08 Card Stacking Loaded Language

Foreign Regulators Are Trying To Censor Americans Online. A Bill Would Ensure Those Demands Are Unenforceable. · 2026-09-02 Loaded Language Appeal to Prejudice Conspiracy Appeal Bandwagon Appeal Appeal to Fear

Making Sense Of The Chief Justice's Tango In The Ballroom Case · 2026-09-01 Conspiracy Appeal Loaded Language Name Calling Appeal to Fear

An Actual SCOTUS Nightmare · 2026-08-31 Loaded Language

New York Times Recycles Same Old Story About Northern District of Texas · 2026-08-31 Conspiracy Appeal Card Stacking Exaggeration/Hyperbole Name Calling Loaded Language False Equivalence

Lawmakers Want To Stop Kids From Nicknaming Their Pokémon · 2026-08-30 Loaded Language Name Calling

Milo Yiannopoulos Wanted Millions Deported. He Didn't Mean Himself. · 2026-08-29 Loaded Language Appeal to Fear Scapegoating Conspiracy Appeal Name Calling Repetition Black-and-White Fallacy False Urgency Appeal to Prejudice

No Anti-Stalking Order Against Rabbi Based on His Actions Opposing Anti · 2026-08-28 Name Calling Loaded Language Appeal to Fear

Prosecution for Forging Court Order, Purportedly from Chief Justice Roberts · 2026-08-28 Conspiracy Appeal

How Much Will Andy Burnham's 'No. 10 North' Cost British Taxpayers? · 2026-08-26 Appeal to Fear Loaded Language Card Stacking Black-and-White Fallacy

How Long Did Justice Jackson's "Kafkaesque Nightmare" Dissent Hold Up Trump v. California? · 2026-08-25 Loaded Language Name Calling

AI Freezes The Scholarly Voice · 2026-08-24 Loaded Language Name Calling Conspiracy Appeal

Trump Imposes Harmful and Illegal Section 338 Tariffs Against Many Canadian Imports · 2026-08-24 Loaded Language Appeal to Fear

This Mamdani-Backed Bill Would Kill Jobs, Boost Unions, and Make Deliveries More Expensive · 2026-08-23 Loaded Language Appeal to Fear Card Stacking Name Calling

Intern (Actually a Project Veritas Undercover Plant) in Political Organization Didn't Have "Fiduciary Duty" to Organization · 2026-08-22 Loaded Language

Tony Is an Anthony Bourdain Origin Story · 2026-08-21 Loaded Language Scapegoating Appeal to Prejudice Exaggeration/Hyperbole Black-and-White Fallacy Bandwagon Appeal

ICE Handed Over Specific Iranians at the Islamic Republic's Request · 2026-08-20 Loaded Language Appeal to Fear Name Calling Glittering Generalities False Urgency

"Trendy Eateries May Keep a Secret Menu; the United States Code Does Not" · 2026-08-20 Manufactured Doubt

Minnesota's "Nudification" Ban Repeats Unconstitutional Errors of Early Revenge Porn Bills · 2026-08-19 Loaded Language Name Calling

Voter Ignorance and the Problem of Confusion Caused by Candidates [Updated]With Similar Names · 2026-08-19 Conspiracy Appeal Loaded Language Appeal to Fear Black-and-White Fallacy

Judge Rudofsky Will Be An Excellent Addition To the Eighth Circuit · 2026-08-17 Loaded Language Name Calling

Trump's Assault on Judicial Review Undermines a Crucial Safeguard Against Tyranny · 2026-08-17 Loaded Language Name Calling Appeal to Fear Appeal to Prejudice Exaggeration/Hyperbole Black-and-White Fallacy False Urgency Glittering Generalities False Equivalence Transfer

Israeli Settler "Terrorists" Unjustly Expel West Bank Palestinians From Their Land · 2026-08-16 Loaded Language Name Calling Appeal to Fear Black-and-White Fallacy Card Stacking Glittering Generalities False Equivalence

Trump Promised Transparency. His Administration Keeps Finding New Ways to Hide Records. · 2026-08-16 Repetition Conspiracy Appeal Loaded Language Card Stacking Name Calling False Equivalence

Fraud Claim Over "No Blowback" Assurance by Private School to Complaining Parents, Followed by Children's Expulsions, Can Go Forward · 2026-08-15 Loaded Language Name Calling

En Banc Fifth Circuit Dismisses Alien Enemies Act Case as Moot · 2026-08-14 Loaded Language Appeal to Fear

Donald Trump's Unsustainable Presidential Administration · 2026-08-13 Loaded Language

Government Regulations Are Keeping Drone Delivery Grounded · 2026-08-13 Loaded Language Name Calling Appeal to Fear Black-and-White Fallacy

NH Federal Court Provisionally Certifies Class Of Pregnant ISIS Brides Seeking Birthright Citizenship For Their Children · 2026-08-12 Loaded Language Name Calling

Don't Let AOC Retcon Her Starring Role in 'Woke 1' · 2026-08-11 Name Calling Loaded Language False Urgency Exaggeration/Hyperbole Card Stacking

Second Amendment Roundup: $0 Tax Left NFA with No Constitutional Basis · 2026-08-10 Loaded Language

The 'Affordability' Agenda That Taxes Your Dinner · 2026-08-09 Loaded Language Appeal to Fear Exaggeration/Hyperbole

Short Circuit: An inexhaustive weekly compendium of rulings from the federal courts of appeal · 2026-08-08 Loaded Language

Trump's New Birthright Citizenship Executive Orders Are Mostly Theater · 2026-08-08 Loaded Language

The GOP Is Warning About Socialism While Quietly Embracing It · 2026-08-07 Name Calling Conspiracy Appeal Card Stacking Appeal to Fear Loaded Language Black-and-White Fallacy False Equivalence

Trump Issues Another Unconstitutional Executive Order Targeting Birthright Citizenship · 2026-08-07 Loaded Language Appeal to Fear Name Calling

Court Upholds African People's Socialist Party Convictions for Being Unregistered Russian Foreign Agents · 2026-08-06 Loaded Language Name Calling Conspiracy Appeal Card Stacking Sovereignty Rhetoric Repetition Appeal to Prejudice

Twenty-five States, Led by Oregon, File Lawsuit Challenging Trump's Section 301 Tariffs · 2026-08-04 Loaded Language Appeal to Fear Exaggeration/Hyperbole

Federal Court Rules Against Rhode Island Town's Use of Eminent Domain for NIMBY Purposes · 2026-08-02 Loaded Language Name Calling

N.Y. Judge Rejects School's Request for "Red Flag" Order Against 13-Year-Old, Including No · 2026-08-01 Appeal to Fear

A Bill To Crack Down on Chinese Cars Could Shut Mercedes-Benz Out of American Markets · 2026-07-30 Loaded Language Name Calling Scapegoating Appeal to Prejudice

What Anthony Fauci's Defenders (and Critics) Get Wrong · 2026-07-30 Conspiracy Appeal Loaded Language Card Stacking

Opinion

District Court Dismisses Michigan's Hail Mary Antitrust Suit Against Fossil Fuel Companies · 2026-09-23 Loaded Language

More from Jacob Mchangama on Frederick Douglass's Views on Free Speech · 2026-09-21 Loaded Language Appeal to Fear Repetition

Nearly 50% of West Bank Palestinians Says Israel Does Not Have A Right To Exist · 2026-09-17 Loaded Language Appeal to Prejudice Card Stacking Black-and-White Fallacy Appeal to Fear False EquivalenceVictim Blaming

Warning Notice to Man Who Sent Critical E-Mail to ICE Acting Director Likely Violated First Amendment · 2026-09-16 Name Calling Loaded Language Exaggeration/Hyperbole Appeal to Fear

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