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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 HNHomeschooling: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO)
LastWeekTonight
3 HN recommender · 2023–2025
2 mo on HNI Got Bribed By Casinos, But I Exposed Them Instead
Coffeezilla
2 HN recommender · 2024–2025
2 mo on HNSponsored Content: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO)
LastWeekTonight
2 HN recommender · 2021–2023
1 mo on HNGerrymandering: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO)
LastWeekTonight
1 HN recommend · 2017–2020
1 mo on HNCrypto CEO Accidentally Describes Ponzi Scheme
Coffeezilla
1 HN recommend · 2022–2023
1 mo on HNMusic on Reality TV is Insanely Manipulative
Tantacrul
2 HN recommender · 2021–2022
1 mo on HNHypernormalisation | Full Documentary | Adam Curtis
Adam Curtis Documentaries
1 HN recommend · 2024–2026
1 mo on HNKGB defector Yuri Bezmenov's warning to America (1984)
Offensive Freedom
1 HN recommend · 2020–2022
1 mo on HNCicret Bracelet DEBUNK
Captain Disillusion
1 HN recommend · 2016–2024
1 mo on HNDavid Bowie Criticizes MTV for Not Playing Videos by Black Artists | MTV News
MTV News
2 HN recommender · 2021–2025
1 mo on HNMarketing to Doctors: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO)
LastWeekTonight
1 HN recommend · 2015–2017
1 mo on HNThe CIA is a Terrorist Organization
Second Thought
1 HN recommend · 2020–2024
1 mo on HNKGB defector Yuri Bezmenov's warning to America
Persian Humanist
1 HN recommend · 2017–2024
1 mo on HNSinclair's script for stations
Andrew W (AWatts712)
1 HN recommend · 2018–2021
1 mo on HNДворец для Путина. История самой большой взятки
Алексей Навальный
1 HN recommend · 2021–2025
1 mo on HNAmerica's Great Divide: Steve Bannon (first interview) | FRONTLINE
FRONTLINE PBS | Official
2 HN recommender · 2021–2025
1 mo on HNNavy pilots recall “unsettling” 2004 UAP sighting
60 Minutes
1 HN recommend · 2021–2022
1 mo on HN"Pyramid UFO" - NEW FOOTAGE. It's Just Bokeh, not a Pyramid
Mick West
1 HN recommend · 2021–2021
1 mo on HNWhy your 'Carbon Footprint' Is A Lie | Climate Town
Climate Town
1 HN recommend · 2022–2026
1 mo on HNWe Went To North Korea To Get A Haircut
Boy Boy
1 HN recommend · 2022–2026
1 mo on HNMartin Shkreli on Drug Price Hikes and Playing the World’s Villain
VICE
1 HN recommend · 2016–2021
1 mo on HNPatents: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO)
LastWeekTonight
1 HN recommend · 2016–2024
1 mo on HNJordan Peterson | ContraPoints
ContraPoints
1 HN recommend · 2018–2021
1 mo on HNFormer KGB Agent Yuri Bezmenov Explains How to Brainwash a Nation (Full Length)
Federaljacktube
1 HN recommend · 2016–2017
1 mo on HNThe Fake Futurism of Elon Musk
Tom Nicholas
1 HN recommend · 2021–2022
1 mo on HNNeo-Nazi threat in new Ukraine: NEWSNIGHT
BBC Politics
1 HN recommend · 2018–2023
1 mo on HNWhat Went Wrong in the South Korean Ferry Disaster? | The New Yorker
The New Yorker
1 HN recommend · 2020–2024
1 mo on HNRevealed: ExxonMobil’s lobbying war on climate change legislation
Channel 4 News
1 HN recommend · 2021–2025
1 mo on HNJoe Rogan on Why he changed his stance on the Moon landing conspiracy
JRE Clips
1 HN recommend · 2018–2025
1 mo on HNAdam Curtis - Oh Dearism
UKNewsMediaBlog
1 HN recommend · 2014–2020
1 mo on HNFreight Trains: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO)
LastWeekTonight
1 HN recommend · 2023–2024
1 mo on HNWho reads the papers? - Yes, Prime Minister - BBC comedy
BBC Studios
1 HN recommend · 2010–2025
1 mo on HNProsecutors: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO)
LastWeekTonight
1 HN recommend · 2018–2019
1 mo on HNWho is Manipulating Facebook? - Smarter Every Day 215
SmarterEveryDay
1 HN recommend · 2019–2020
1 mo on HNThe Gun Markets of Pakistan with Suroosh Alvi
VICE
1 HN recommend · 2014–2020
1 mo on HNPlastics: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO)
LastWeekTonight
1 HN recommend · 2021–2021