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: Centre; Media Bias/Fact Check: Leans right. We have seen it on 61 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: Centre; 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: Centre; 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 Ad Fontes Media: Mixed factuality; 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.
Democrats are projected to win a majority in the House of Representatives and have taken control of the Senate following the US midterm elections. The results mark a significant setback for Donald Trump and the Republican Party.
Reason reported it asTrump enters his George W. Bush era as Democrats sweep House and Senate (opens Reason in a new tab)
A federal judge has dismissed Donald Trump's lawsuit against The Wall Street Journal and Rupert Murdoch. The case concerned a story about Trump's ties to Jeffrey Epstein and a sexually suggestive birthday letter. The judge found Trump did not prove actual malice.
Reason reported it asFederal Court Rejects Trump Lawsuit Seeking to Block Certification of Alaska Senate Election Results (opens Reason in a new tab)
Michigan Democratic Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed will campaign with former primary rival Rep. Haley Stevens in Detroit. This marks their first joint public appearance in months, with Rep. Jim Clyburn also set to attend a get-out-the-vote event.
Reason reported it asHaley Stevens endorses Mike Rogers, spurns leftist Abdul El-Sayed (opens Reason in a new tab)
A federal judge has dismissed Donald Trump's lawsuit against The Wall Street Journal and Rupert Murdoch. The case concerned a story about Trump's ties to Jeffrey Epstein and a sexually suggestive birthday letter. The judge found Trump did not prove actual malice.
Reason reported it asTrump vs. WSJ Libel Lawsuit Over Trump's Alleged Birthday Wishes to Epstein Thrown Out (opens Reason in a new tab)
Utah has filed 13 felony charges against prediction market operator Kalshi and its co-founders. The state attorney general alleges the company continues to operate in Utah despite a federal court ruling, escalating a dispute over regulatory authority.
Reason reported it asUtah files criminal charges against Kalshi co-founders (opens Reason in a new tab)
US District Judge Ada Brown has been ordered to undergo a psychiatric evaluation and has been temporarily suspended from her cases. The order follows a judicial misconduct investigation initiated by a complaint from civil rights lawyer Ezra Young.
Reason reported it asThe Bigger Problem With Judge Ada Brown's Woke Tirade: She Said The Quiet Part Out Loud About "White Saviors" (opens Reason in a new tab)
Twitch streamer Hasan Piker has filed a federal defamation lawsuit against conservative commentator Scott Jennings, seeking $72.5 million. Piker alleges Jennings used an edited video to falsely portray him as advocating for the lynching of Black Americans.
Reason reported it asHasan Piker Sues Scott Jennings (opens Reason in a new tab)
Bob Woodward's upcoming memoir, 'Secrets,' identifies confidential sources from his 55-year career. The book names five Supreme Court justices who spoke to him for his 1979 book 'The Brethren' and details how he obtained a key document related to the U.S. v. Nixon case.
Reason reported it asBob Woodward Reveals He Spoke With Justices Stewart, Powell, White, Blackmun, and Rehnquist for "The Brethren" (opens Reason in a new tab)
President Trump signed an executive order aimed at reducing housing costs. The order directs steps to reduce mortgage insurance premiums and refinancing costs, and includes provisions for manufactured housing.
Reason reported it asUnder proposed treasury rule, corporate homebuyers who don't track their receipts face $1 million fines (opens Reason in a new tab)
The Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals has declared the Federal Switchblade Act unconstitutional, ruling that switchblade knives are protected "Arms" under the Second Amendment. The court found the government failed to justify the ban.
Reason reported it asSwitchblade Ban Violates Second Amendment, Fifth Circuit Holds (opens Reason in a new tab)
Michigan Senator Elissa Slotkin has stated that Democrats should pursue "signature cases" against individuals associated with a future Trump administration to create a "deterrence message." She made these remarks at a University of Chicago podcast recording, predicting a contested 2028 Democratic primary. Conservatives have condemned her statements.
Reason reported it asElissa Slotkin and Kara Swisher want Democrats to go after MAGA if they win (opens Reason in a new tab)
Mississippi's attorney general has determined that a police officer was justified in using deadly force in the June shooting death of 1-year-old Kohen Wiley. The shooting occurred during a response to a shoplifting call at a local Walmart.
Reason reported it as1 year old killing by cop over stolen diapers was ‘justified’ says Mississippi A.G. (opens Reason in a new tab)
A 16-year-old gunman killed three children and a teacher at Silver Rail Elementary School in Bend, Oregon. The shooter, identified as John Griffin Jr. III, used a shotgun purchased by his mother and was killed by a bystander. Two others were critically injured.
Reason reported it asSecond Amendment Roundup: Saving Lives at Silver Rail Elementary (opens Reason in a new tab)
The Supreme Court has agreed to hear a case challenging a federal ban on distilling spirits in private homes, a law dating back to 1868. Conflicting lower court rulings have led to the case reaching the high court.
Reason reported it asSupreme Court Will Hear Necessary and Proper Clause Case on Federal Law Banning Home Distilleries (opens Reason in a new tab)
A teacher's actions and an armed parent's intervention stopped a 16-year-old gunman at Silver Rail Elementary School in Bend, Oregon. The attack resulted in the deaths of three children and a teacher, with one child wounded.
Reason reported it asHero Oregon dad showed the importance of defying restrictive gun laws (opens Reason in a new tab)
A federal judge dismissed the Trump administration's lawsuit challenging New York City's sanctuary laws. The ruling upholds local policies that limit city agencies' cooperation with federal immigration enforcement, finding the federal government lacked legal standing to bring the case.
Reason reported it asTrump Loses Yet Another Sanctuary City Case - this Time Against New York City (opens Reason in a new tab)
A federal appeals court has ruled against a California law that mandated U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers display visible identification. The court found the state's "No Vigilantes Act" unconstitutional, siding with the Department of Justice.
Reason reported it asCalifornia Law Generally Requiring Federal Law Enforcement Officers to Display ID Violates Supremacy Clause (opens Reason in a new tab)
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit ruled that a federal law prohibiting firearm possession by those convicted of crimes punishable by more than a year in prison is unconstitutional when applied to individuals with non-violent offenses like driving under the influence.
Reason reported it asSecond Amendment Rights Not Forfeited by Past Drunk Driving Conviction (opens Reason in a new tab)
German police are investigating an incident in Cologne where a robot allegedly groped a 16-year-old girl. Two young men are under investigation for controlling the robot, with some reports noting its unusual attire.
Reason reported it asPosting About This 'Robot Sexual Assault' in Germany Could Be a Crime (opens Reason in a new tab)
Ambassador Kimberly Guilfoyle has been asked to resign from her post as US ambassador to Greece. White House Press Secretary Katie Zacharia confirmed the request during her inaugural press briefing. The State Department had been investigating complaints about Guilfoyle's management style and use of benefits.
Reason reported it asTrump fired Kimberly Guilfoyle for influence peddling that pales next to his presidential profiteering (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
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
- 61
- Reports listed
- 62
- We could read
- 5
- First seen
- 6 August 2026
57 of those reports were paywalled or blocked to us. Our reading of this outlet is built on the 5 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 61 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 33 hours after the earliest one we logged.
Measured 4 November 2026. Last seen in a coverage list 4 November 2026. Ratings pulled 10 October 2026.
Other outlets rated the same way
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