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Media, journalism & propaganda Videos Recommended on Hacker News (334)

Media, journalism & propaganda is one of the 150 topics Hacker News readers organize their video recommendations around. These 334 videos each earned real recommendations in real HN threads between 2009 and 2026 — 688 recommendations in total — and they're ranked by how many separate months the community kept coming back to them, not by view count.

Media: journalism, news analysis, propaganda, misinformation, news satire, Last Week Tonight, VICE documentaries, media criticism, advertising and persuasion, conspiracy theories, UFOs.

Why HN keeps sending people here — on In Search Of A Flat Earth: “probably the best documentary I have seen on conspiracy theories.” — an HN commenter, 2021.

15 mo on HN

In Search Of A Flat Earth

Folding Ideas
17 HN recommender · 2020–2026
13 mo on HN

The Century of the Self (Full Adam Curtis Documentary)

David Lessig
13 HN recommender · 2016–2026
11 mo on HN

The Loving Trap

Ben Woodhams
15 HN recommender · 2012–2026
9 mo on HN

The Century of the Self - Part 1: "Happiness Machines"

JustAdamCurtis
13 HN recommender · 2017–2025
8 mo on HN

This Is What Winning Looks Like (Full Length)

VICE
7 HN recommender · 2014–2023
8 mo on HN

The Spider's Web: Britain's Second Empire | The Secret World of Finance

Independent POV
6 HN recommender · 2019–2024
8 mo on HN

Contrepreneurs: The Mikkelsen Twins

Folding Ideas
10 HN recommender · 2022–2026
8 mo on HN

May 1, 1969: Fred Rogers testifies before the Senate Subcommittee on Communications

Road Less Marveled
9 HN recommender · 2015–2026
8 mo on HN

Seattle is Dying | A KOMO News Documentary

KOMO News
10 HN recommender · 2019–2024
8 mo on HN

Sinclair Broadcast Group: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO)

LastWeekTonight
10 HN recommender · 2017–2026
7 mo on HN

Everything is a Remix (Original Series)

Kirby Ferguson
7 HN recommender · 2017–2026
8 mo on HN

Roblox Pressured Us to Delete Our Video. So We Dug Deeper.

People Make Games
9 HN recommender · 2021–2026
6 mo on HN

Line Goes Up – The Problem With NFTs

Folding Ideas
12 HN recommender · 2022–2026
6 mo on HN

DEF CON 26 - Svea, Suggy, Till - Inside the Fake Science Factory

DEFCONConference
5 HN recommender · 2018–2025
6 mo on HN

Net Neutrality: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO)

LastWeekTonight
7 HN recommender · 2014–2017
5 mo on HN

HyperNormalisation 2016

crisalist
6 HN recommender · 2016–2020
7 mo on HN

Civil Forfeiture: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO)

LastWeekTonight
8 HN recommender · 2014–2024
6 mo on HN

Tobacco: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO)

LastWeekTonight
6 HN recommender · 2015–2021
6 mo on HN

David Fravor: UFOs, Aliens, Fighter Jets, and Aerospace Engineering | Lex Fridman Podcast #122

Lex Fridman
8 HN recommender · 2020–2022
6 mo on HN

Data Brokers: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO)

LastWeekTonight
5 HN recommender · 2022–2024
6 mo on HN

FarewellEtaoinShrdlu

Drinks and Dice
6 HN recommender · 2017–2026
6 mo on HN

The Great Global Warming Swindle Full Movie

Kazza0423
2 HN recommender · 2015–2020
6 mo on HN

The Lottery: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO)

LastWeekTonight
6 HN recommender · 2014–2023
6 mo on HN

Canceling | ContraPoints

ContraPoints
7 HN recommender · 2020–2025
5 mo on HN

Explained: New Navy UFO Videos

Mick West
5 HN recommender · 2020–2026
6 mo on HN

The REAL Reason McDonalds Ice Cream Machines Are Always Broken

Johnny Harris
8 HN recommender · 2021–2025
5 mo on HN

Government Surveillance: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO)

LastWeekTonight
5 HN recommender · 2015–2023
5 mo on HN

Jon Stewart on Crossfire

Alex Felker
5 HN recommender · 2009–2025
5 mo on HN

Pig Butchering Scams: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO)

LastWeekTonight
5 HN recommender · 2024–2025
5 mo on HN

Opioids: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO)

LastWeekTonight
5 HN recommender · 2016–2024
5 mo on HN

Joe Rogan Experience #1361 - Cmdr. David Fravor & Jeremy Corbell

PowerfulJRE
5 HN recommender · 2019–2023
5 mo on HN

Jordan Peterson debate on the gender pay gap, campus protests and postmodernism

Channel 4 News
5 HN recommender · 2018–2023
5 mo on HN

College Lecture Series - Neil Postman - "The Surrender of Culture to Technology"

College of DuPage
5 HN recommender · 2014–2025
4 mo on HN

KGB Defector Yuri Bezmenov 1985 Interview. Explains KGB Manipulation of US Public Opinion

20th Century Time Machine
4 HN recommender · 2021–2025
5 mo on HN

Gimbal UFO - A New Analysis

Mick West
8 HN recommender · 2022–2025
5 mo on HN

The Boeing 787: Broken Dreams l Al Jazeera Investigations

Al Jazeera English
6 HN recommender · 2017–2024