Confidentiality. Or porn. One of those things.

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    I think they’re one of the better ones since they tend to cite their sources clearly. Media bias fact check agrees with me as well.

    They are super biased though, and you’ll get something between a libertarian and Republican lite perspective (think socially liberal Republicans). They absolutely shouldn’t be your only source of news and they’re very selective about what they cover, but when it comes to factual accuracy, they’re pretty good.

    Perhaps you disagree with their political bias, but that doesn’t make them inaccurate. I highly recommend reading some high quality news sources with a different political bias than your own to get a broader perspective. It doesn’t have to be Reason, but Reason is a decent option for left-leaning people because the factual accuracy is pretty high and the perspective is so different.

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      Reason is libertarian and MBFC has a massive libertarian bias. Reason is a poster child for lying with facts.

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        It absolutely has a strong bias, but my point is that they do a great job with citing facts, whereas a lot of large media orgs don’t bother. That’s why they get a strong factual rating.

        I certainly could never recommend Reason as a primary news source (even as a libertarian myself), but it’s fantastic as a secondary to whatever mainstream media source you like. It offers a different perspective and sometimes facts that other sources leave out (for their own biased reasons), and I find that really valuable. If you’re not libertarian, it’ll challenge some of your assumptions and hopefully make you think.