Reason media bias and reliability
The rating organisations do not give Reason one shared verdict in the records we hold. Their published ratings are AllSides: Centre; Ad Fontes Media: Leans right; Media Bias/Fact Check: Leans right. We have seen it on 36 published stories of ours.
The short answers
Is Reason biased?
The rating organisations do not give Reason one shared verdict in the records we hold. Their published ratings are AllSides: Centre; Ad Fontes Media: Leans right; Media Bias/Fact Check: Leans right. An outlet rating describes a broad pattern in its output, not every article it publishes.
Is Reason left or right?
The rating organisations do not give Reason one shared verdict in the records we hold. Their published ratings are AllSides: Centre; Ad Fontes Media: Leans right; Media Bias/Fact Check: Leans right. In the three-way grouping used on story pages, that puts it under Centre.
Is Reason reliable?
The factual-reliability assessments we hold for Reason are Media Bias/Fact Check: High factuality. These are outlet-level assessments, not a guarantee that every report is correct.
What Reason has been covering
Our account of each story, written from every outlet that ran it, with Reason’s own report linked underneath.
In the Lindsay Clancy murder trial, juror Michael P. Desronvil was the sole holdout against an insanity acquittal, leading to an 11‑1 deadlock and a mistrial declared by Judge William Sullivan. Desronvil maintains prosecutors proved Clancy knowingly killed her three children.
Reason reported it asLindsay Clancy’s holdout juror did what jurors are supposed to do (opens Reason in a new tab)
President Donald Trump reportedly had a heated exchange with Democratic Rep. Joyce Beatty during a Kennedy Center board call. A federal judge blocked attempts to add Trump's name to the building, a decision the Justice Department has appealed.
Reason reported it asTrump re-ups his threat to raze the Kennedy Center unless he can slap his name on it (opens Reason in a new tab)
Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney is set to address the European Parliament. This follows a proposal by European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen for Canada to become the EU's first associate member, a move US President Donald Trump has criticised.
Reason reported it asCanada is moving closer to Europe. Trump's tariffs help explain why. (opens Reason in a new tab)
The US House of Representatives has passed a bill that could allow President Donald Trump to impose up to 100% tariffs on countries buying Russian oil. India's Ministry of External Affairs stated the nation will take necessary steps to protect its trade and economic interests.
Reason reported it asA Russia sanctions bill would give Trump vast new tariff powers (opens Reason in a new tab)
Alex Saab, an ally of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro, is expected to plead guilty in a US federal money laundering case. He is accused of bribing officials to win contracts for food imports during a period of hardship in Venezuela.
Reason reported it asBiden pardoned Maduro's fixer. He just pleaded guilty to new charges and agreed to forfeit $195 million. (opens Reason in a new tab)
A Pentagon inspector general's report has detailed the financial and material costs of the Iran war, estimating expenses at $33.4 billion as of June 29. The report also highlighted significant damage to U.S. bases and aircraft, alongside strategic inventory shortfalls for munitions.
Reason reported it asPentagon auditors say the Iran War has cost $33 billion. The real price tag is far higher. (opens Reason in a new tab)
A federal judge has blocked the Department of Homeland Security from issuing further warning notices to David Streever. Streever had sent an email to the former acting director of ICE comparing him to a Nazi. The judge ruled the warning notice likely violated Streever's First Amendment rights.
Reason reported it asWarning Notice to Man Who Sent Critical E-Mail TO ICE Acting Director Likely Violated First Amendment (opens Reason in a new tab)
Representative Thomas Massie has introduced articles of impeachment against Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth. Massie alleges Hegseth continued U.S. military operations in Iran without congressional approval and criticizes his actions in Venezuela and Yemen.
Reason reported it asThomas Massie just filed 8 articles of impeachment against Pete Hegseth (opens Reason in a new tab)
A federal judge in Washington, D.C. ordered the U.S. Postal Service not to implement President Donald Trump's executive order limiting mail balloting. The order came late Sunday, September 13, 2026, adding an obstacle to the administration's efforts to change election rules as the Supreme Court considers an appeal.
Reason reported it asWhy a Trump-appointed judge just blocked the president’s mail-in ballot restrictions (opens Reason in a new tab)
The Supreme Court has rejected the Trump administration's request to enforce new U.S. Postal Service mail ballot regulations ahead of the 2026 midterm elections. The court's order leaves in place a lower court injunction blocking the rules.
Reason reported it asSupreme Court Refuses to Block Lower-Court Ruling Against Trump's Mail-in Ballot Executive Order (opens Reason in a new tab)
A Department of Homeland Security inspector general report found that nearly 80 immigrant detainees at the 'Alligator Alcatraz' facility were held in small metal enclosures for periods ranging from several minutes to nearly two hours. The report described the enclosures as 'highly unconventional' and a risk to detainee health and safety.
Reason reported it as'Alligator Alcatraz' held detainees in small metal cages, Inspector General report finds (opens Reason in a new tab)
California Governor Gavin Newsom has signed 13 new laws designed to shield minors from the potential harms of social media and AI chatbots. The legislation includes penalties for companies found negligent and restrictions on addictive online content.
Reason reported it asThis California social media law is a privacy and free speech 'nightmare' (opens Reason in a new tab)
Jimmy Kimmel announced his interview with Texas Democratic Senate candidate James Talarico would not air on ABC due to Federal Communications Commission (FCC) pressure. The interview will instead be posted on YouTube. The decision comes amid a broader dispute between ABC's parent company, Disney, and the FCC over broadcast licenses.
Reason reported it asJimmy Kimmel didn't air Talarico interview over fear of FCC 'equal time' threats (opens Reason in a new tab)
A federal appeals court has invalidated a Trump administration order that compelled the JH Campbell coal plant in Michigan to remain operational beyond its planned retirement. The court found the Energy Department lacked the legal authority to issue such emergency orders.
Reason reported it asDC Circuit Rejects Energy Department's Claim of "Emergency" Authority to Order Coal Plant to Remain Open (opens Reason in a new tab)
The Smithsonian's National Museum of American History is commemorating the 25th anniversary of the September 11 attacks with an exhibit of artifacts. The display includes personal items from the day, presented openly due to fragility, as museum leadership navigates political criticism.
Reason reported it asReflections on the 25th Anniversary of 9/11 (opens Reason in a new tab)
A federal judge has permitted Missouri's Supreme Court to hold a contempt hearing for Secretary of State Denny Hoskins. The hearing concerns a dispute over new congressional districts supported by Donald Trump, with legal battles ongoing.
Reason reported it asThe Contempt Judgment From Missouri (opens Reason in a new tab)
Two protesters were arrested outside the Republican National Committee's midterm convention in Dallas. Mounted police and officers in riot gear were deployed as demonstrators marched near the venue. Organisers estimated up to 10,000 people would attend separate rallies.
Reason reported it asTrump's bribe, AI doom psyop, and The Rapture (opens Reason in a new tab)
The United States will ban imports of dairy, motorcycles, and alcoholic beverages from Canada, and impose a 50% tariff on new Canadian products. These actions are a response to Canada's own retaliatory tariffs.
Reason reported it asTrump Expands Illegal Section 338 Tariffs Against Canadian Imports - and Bans Some Entirely (opens Reason in a new tab)
The Trump administration is drafting a rule to allow married couples with a stay-at-home spouse to receive child care subsidies. The proposal would redirect funds from a program intended for working parents and is championed by Vice President JD Vance.
Reason reported it asShould the state pay stay-at-home moms? (opens Reason in a new tab)
ICE officer Christian Castro has been federally charged with making false statements about the January shooting of Julio Cesar Sosa-Celis in Minneapolis. Federal authorities had initially accused Sosa-Celis of assaulting an officer, but dropped charges after video evidence emerged.
Reason reported it asA federal indictment charges an ICE officer with lying about a shooting that DHS eagerly defended (opens Reason in a new tab)
Who says so
3 organisations have published a rating for this outlet, in their own words. Where they disagree, the disagreement is the useful part and it is left standing.
How reliably it reports fact
A rating of the newsroom in general, by others, and a different thing from the Trust score we publish on each story, which judges one piece of reporting.
High factuality
- Media Bias/Fact CheckhighCheck it
Who owns it
- Reason FoundationIndependentdirect owner
Where it publishes from
- Publishes from
- Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, California, United States
- Official site
- reason.com
- Seen publishing on
- reason.com
- Access
- Free to read
- Wikipedia
- Entry
What we have seen ourselves
Counted across the stories this site has published, which is the only denominator a reader can check: every one of them has a page, and every page lists the reports it was written from.
- Stories
- 36
- Reports listed
- 36
- We could read
- 0
- First seen
- 6 August 2026
36 of those reports were paywalled or blocked to us. Our reading of this outlet is built on the 0 we could open, not on everything it published.
A blindspot is measured against one side of the spectrum. Reason is rated centre, so there is no side for it to be counted against and we publish no figure here.
Across the 36 stories of ours where at least three of the reports we listed carried a time, another outlet was always ahead of Reason: its report arrived a median of 2 days after the earliest one we logged.
Measured 20 September 2026. Last seen in a coverage list 20 September 2026. Ratings pulled 9 September 2026.
Other outlets rated the same way
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