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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.
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2 mo on HNNative Advertising: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO)
LastWeekTonight
2 HN recommender · 2014–2026
2 mo on HNBreakdown of the Pentagon UFO videos with Mick West
Cool Worlds
2 HN recommender · 2021–2024
2 mo on HNBrian Springer - Spin
MasterpieceConCen7
2 HN recommender · 2016–2021
2 mo on HNSLAPP Suits: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO)
LastWeekTonight
2 HN recommender · 2020–2021
2 mo on HNAI Slop Is Destroying The Internet
Kurzgesagt – In a Nutshell
3 HN recommender · 2025–2026
2 mo on HNEpic 2014
jessanmur
2 HN recommender · 2021–2026
2 mo on HNDavid Carr vs. Some Guys from VICE
AudenRaybourn
2 HN recommender · 2015–2024
2 mo on HNCambridge Analytica Uncovered: Secret filming reveals election tricks
Channel 4 News
2 HN recommender · 2018–2019
2 mo on HNPAW Patrol's Dark Secret, Explained
Skip Intro
2 HN recommender · 2022–2024
2 mo on HNExposing the Honey Influencer Scam
MegaLag
2 HN recommender · 2024–2026
2 mo on HNThe Alt-Right Playbook: The Card Says Moops
Innuendo Studios
2 HN recommender · 2019–2025
2 mo on HNStadiums: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO)
LastWeekTonight
2 HN recommender · 2016–2022
2 mo on HNTikTok in China versus the United States | 60 Minutes
60 Minutes
2 HN recommender · 2022–2025
2 mo on HNDon't Be a Sucker - 1947
Weirdo Video
2 HN recommender · 2017–2025
2 mo on HNThe Daily Mail Song
dananddanfilms
2 HN recommender · 2010–2021
2 mo on HNNet Neutrality II: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO)
LastWeekTonight
2 HN recommender · 2017–2017
2 mo on HNSassy Justice with Fred Sassy (Full Episode) | Deep Fake and Deep Fake: The Movie
Sassy Justice
1 HN recommend · 2020–2026
2 mo on HNU.S. Territories: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO)
LastWeekTonight
2 HN recommender · 2015–2019
2 mo on HNFor the undying 9/11 MORONIC JET FUEL ARGUMENT
purgatoryironworks
2 HN recommender · 2017–2023
2 mo on HNThe Really Dark Truth About Bots
Benn Jordan
3 HN recommender · 2024–2025
2 mo on HNUSPS: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO)
LastWeekTonight
3 HN recommender · 2020–2021
2 mo on HNPresident Donald Trump On Charlottesville: You Had Very Fine People, On Both Sides | CNBC
CNBC
2 HN recommender · 2017–2020
2 mo on HNFerguson, MO and Police Militarization: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO)
LastWeekTonight
2 HN recommender · 2020–2026
2 mo on HNWeird Kids' Videos and Gaming the Algorithm
Folding Ideas
2 HN recommender · 2017–2023
2 mo on HN$30,000,000 AI Is Hiding a Scam
Coffeezilla
3 HN recommender · 2024–2024
2 mo on HNBoeing: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO)
LastWeekTonight
2 HN recommender · 2024–2024
2 mo on HNAlgorithms are breaking how we think
Technology Connections
2 HN recommender · 2025–2025
2 mo on HNLeaked: Pentagon's UFO -BUSTED!
Thunderf00t
2 HN recommender · 2021–2021
2 mo on HNInfrastructure: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO)
LastWeekTonight
2 HN recommender · 2016–2023
2 mo on HNBetter Business Bureau 20/20 Investigation
jd415
2 HN recommender · 2010–2014
2 mo on HNMoon Landings Faked? Filmmaker Says Not!
VideoFromSpace
2 HN recommender · 2017–2020
2 mo on HNPerhaps Ben Shapiro Shouldn't Be Taken Seriously By Anyone About Anything - SOME MORE NEWS
Some More News
2 HN recommender · 2019–2020
2 mo on HNHow to Become TripAdvisor’s #1 Fake Restaurant
VICE
2 HN recommender · 2018–2021
2 mo on HNSergey Kuryokhin: Lenin was a mushroom / С.Курехин: Ленин был грибом, part 1
xox
2 HN recommender · 2016–2018
2 mo on HNGay Frogs: A Deep Dive
Oki's Weird Stories
2 HN recommender · 2021–2023
2 mo on HNMobile Homes: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO)
LastWeekTonight
2 HN recommender · 2019–2025