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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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1 mo on HNHow Kurzgesagt Cooks Propaganda For Billionaires
The Hated One
1 HN recommend · 2022–2023
1 mo on HNDuck And Cover (1951) Bert The Turtle
Nuclear Vault
1 HN recommend · 2013–2022
1 mo on HNJulian Assange on Seth Rich
Nieuwsuur
1 HN recommend · 2016–2020
1 mo on HNBhopal Disaster - BBC - The Yes Men
razorfoundation
1 HN recommend · 2010–2022
1 mo on HNDaily Fantasy Sports: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO)
LastWeekTonight
1 HN recommend · 2015–2021
1 mo on HNKevin Spacey urges TV channels to give control to viewers
The Telegraph
1 HN recommend · 2013–2013
1 mo on HNStudent Debt: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO)
LastWeekTonight
1 HN recommend · 2015–2017
1 mo on HNMarch 2020: Dr. Anthony Fauci talks with Dr Jon LaPook about Covid-19
60 Minutes
1 HN recommend · 2020–2022
1 mo on HNBrass Eye Episode 07 - Paedogeddon! (Special)
Pol Pot
1 HN recommend · 2017–2021
1 mo on HNNewscasters Agree: A Christmas Present Or Two Or Ten Edition | CONAN on TBS
Team Coco
1 HN recommend · 2014–2020
1 mo on HNFauci in the Hall of the Mountain King
A Dishwasher at Google
1 HN recommend · 2021–2022
1 mo on HNGiving birth costs a lot. Hospitals won't tell you how much.
Vox
1 HN recommend · 2017–2022
1 mo on HNOrgan & Body Donations: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO)
LastWeekTonight
1 HN recommend · 2024–2024
1 mo on HNCIA Officer Frank Snepp Discusses Planting Stories in Vietnam
Witness to War
1 HN recommend · 2022–2023
1 mo on HNWhy are people mean on Twitter? - Smarter Every Day 214
SmarterEveryDay
1 HN recommend · 2020–2020
1 mo on HNHow China Is Changing Your Internet | The New York Times
The New York Times
1 HN recommend · 2016–2017
1 mo on HN60 Minutes, Navy pilots describe encounters with UFOs: BUSTED!
Thunderf00t
1 HN recommend · 2021–2023
1 mo on HNDr. Oz and Nutritional Supplements: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO)
LastWeekTonight
1 HN recommend · 2014–2021
1 mo on HNInside China's 'thought transformation' camps - BBC News
BBC News
1 HN recommend · 2020–2021
1 mo on HNAir Traffic Control: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO)
LastWeekTonight
1 HN recommend · 2025–2026
1 mo on HNCongressional Fundraising: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO)
LastWeekTonight
1 HN recommend · 2016–2022
1 mo on HNPrediction Markets: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO)
LastWeekTonight
1 HN recommend · 2026–2026
1 mo on HNFood Safety: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO)
LastWeekTonight
1 HN recommend · 2023–2024
1 mo on HNCoal: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO)
LastWeekTonight
1 HN recommend · 2017–2020
1 mo on HNPutin's Revenge: Julia Ioffe (interview) | FRONTLINE
FRONTLINE PBS | Official
1 HN recommend · 2022–2023
1 mo on HNJournalism: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO)
LastWeekTonight
1 HN recommend · 2016–2017
1 mo on HNLocksmith ripoffs: Hidden camera investigation (Marketplace)
CBC News
1 HN recommend · 2021–2024
1 mo on HNThe Lobby P1: Young Friends of Israel l Al Jazeera Investigations
Al Jazeera English
1 HN recommend · 2017–2022
1 mo on HNThis is Cuba's Netflix, Hulu, and Spotify – all without the internet
Vox
1 HN recommend · 2016–2026
1 mo on HNInside Hong Kong’s cage homes
Vox
1 HN recommend · 2019–2022
1 mo on HNThe British Museum is full of stolen artifacts
Vox
1 HN recommend · 2020–2022
1 mo on HNPentagon officially released 'UFO' videos: BUSTED (Part 3)
Thunderf00t
1 HN recommend · 2021–2021
1 mo on HNTech Monopolies: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO)
LastWeekTonight
1 HN recommend · 2022–2023
1 mo on HNMultiple local news stations say the same thing verbatim
ShootMeDead
1 HN recommend · 2018–2024
1 mo on HNWikipedia co-founder: I no longer trust the website I created
UnHerd
1 HN recommend · 2021–2023
1 mo on HNNoam Chomsky Stumps Andrew Marr
Unapproved Narratives
1 HN recommend · 2019–2022