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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 HNPolice Interrogations: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO)
LastWeekTonight
1 HN recommend · 2022–2023
1 mo on HNUkraine on Fire
Global Tree Pictures
1 HN recommend · 2022–2022
1 mo on HNThe PewDiePipeline: how racist humor leads to violence
NonCompete
1 HN recommend · 2019–2023
1 mo on HNThe Power Grid: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO)
LastWeekTonight
1 HN recommend · 2021–2025
1 mo on HNHomeowners Associations: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO)
LastWeekTonight
1 HN recommend · 2023–2024
1 mo on HNVoting: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO)
LastWeekTonight
1 HN recommend · 2018–2025
1 mo on HNVoting Machines: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO)
LastWeekTonight
1 HN recommend · 2020–2023
1 mo on HNCourse: Zionist Editing on Wikipedia
Israel National News - Arutz Sheva
1 HN recommend · 2022–2026
1 mo on HNBBC: Spaghetti-Harvest in Ticino | Switzerland Tourism
Switzerland
1 HN recommend · 2016–2023
1 mo on HNThe nightmare videos of childrens' YouTube — and what's wrong with the internet today | James Bridle
TED
1 HN recommend · 2018–2025
1 mo on HNViral video raises worry over Sinclair's political messaging inside local news
PBS NewsHour
1 HN recommend · 2020–2026
1 mo on HNHyperNormalisation by Adam Curtis HD Full [2016] [Subs]
L33T GUY
1 HN recommend · 2019–2026
1 mo on HNAmi Horowitz: How white liberals really view black voters
Fox News
1 HN recommend · 2019–2022
1 mo on HNThe Alt-Right Playbook: I Hate Mondays
Innuendo Studios
1 HN recommend · 2021–2025
0 mo on HNWATCH: Elon Musk appears to give fascist salute during Trump inauguration celebration
PBS NewsHour
0 HN recommender · 2025–2026
0 mo on HN4chan on Fox
SK
0 HN recommender · 2019–2025
0 mo on HNNoam Chomsky to BBC-journalist: "If you believed different you wouldn't been sitting here."
Verantwoordelijke Pers
0 HN recommender · 2019–2023
0 mo on HNJon Stewart On The False Promises of AI | The Daily Show
The Daily Show
0 HN recommender · 2024–2025
0 mo on HNUSA's Leading Dissident Voice | Noam Chomsky | Talks at Google
Talks at Google
0 HN recommender · 2017–2018
0 mo on HNAre You Eating a Credit Card Every Week?
vlogbrothers
0 HN recommender · 2022–2023
0 mo on HNMigrants being sold as slaves in Libya
CNN
0 HN recommender · 2018–2021
0 mo on HNCampus Argument Goes Viral As Evergreen State Is Caught In Racial Turmoil (HBO)
VICE News
0 HN recommender · 2017–2019
0 mo on HNPeople React To DUI Laws(1980s News Report)
Cut The Shorts
0 HN recommender · 2024–2025
0 mo on HNJessie Watters takes on the one who operates the Anti Work Group
Beshel News Service
0 HN recommender · 2022–2024
0 mo on HNRap Genius with News | Disrupt NYC 2013
TechCrunch
0 HN recommender · 2013–2017
0 mo on HNAuto Lending: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO)
LastWeekTonight
0 HN recommender · 2017–2021
0 mo on HNIs the price worth it
tclim988
0 HN recommender · 2022–2026
0 mo on HNCNN treats politics like sports — and it’s making us all dumber
Vox
0 HN recommender · 2017–2017
0 mo on HNJunkies Take Over Corridors Of San Francisco Civic Center BART Station
KPIX | CBS NEWS BAY AREA
0 HN recommender · 2018–2021
0 mo on HNElon Musk Is Not Your Friend - SOME MORE NEWS
Some More News
0 HN recommender · 2021–2023
0 mo on HNCollateral Murder - Wikileaks - Iraq
sunshinepress
0 HN recommender · 2010–2021
0 mo on HNBen Shapiro: US commentator clashes with BBC's Andrew Neil - BBC News
BBC News
0 HN recommender · 2020–2025
0 mo on HNWilliam Shatner Tries To Describe The Awe of Space, Jeff Bezos Shoots Champagne Like An Asshole
Ron Jones
0 HN recommender · 2022–2026
0 mo on HNGov. Parson holds fake news accountable.
Uniting Missouri
0 HN recommender · 2021–2022
0 mo on HNFake Obama created using AI video tool - BBC News
BBC News
0 HN recommender · 2018–2020
0 mo on HNThe BBC Cannot Give In To Government Pressure | Yes Minister | BBC Comedy Greats
BBC Comedy Greats
0 HN recommender · 2022–2026