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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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15 mo on HNIn Search Of A Flat Earth
Folding Ideas
17 HN recommender · 2020–2026
13 mo on HNThe Century of the Self (Full Adam Curtis Documentary)
David Lessig
13 HN recommender · 2016–2026
11 mo on HNThe Loving Trap
Ben Woodhams
15 HN recommender · 2012–2026
9 mo on HNThe Century of the Self - Part 1: "Happiness Machines"
JustAdamCurtis
13 HN recommender · 2017–2025
8 mo on HNThis Is What Winning Looks Like (Full Length)
VICE
7 HN recommender · 2014–2023
8 mo on HNThe Spider's Web: Britain's Second Empire | The Secret World of Finance
Independent POV
6 HN recommender · 2019–2024
8 mo on HNContrepreneurs: The Mikkelsen Twins
Folding Ideas
10 HN recommender · 2022–2026
8 mo on HNMay 1, 1969: Fred Rogers testifies before the Senate Subcommittee on Communications
Road Less Marveled
9 HN recommender · 2015–2026
8 mo on HNSeattle is Dying | A KOMO News Documentary
KOMO News
10 HN recommender · 2019–2024
8 mo on HNSinclair Broadcast Group: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO)
LastWeekTonight
10 HN recommender · 2017–2026
7 mo on HNEverything is a Remix (Original Series)
Kirby Ferguson
7 HN recommender · 2017–2026
8 mo on HNRoblox Pressured Us to Delete Our Video. So We Dug Deeper.
People Make Games
9 HN recommender · 2021–2026
6 mo on HNLine Goes Up – The Problem With NFTs
Folding Ideas
12 HN recommender · 2022–2026
6 mo on HNDEF CON 26 - Svea, Suggy, Till - Inside the Fake Science Factory
DEFCONConference
5 HN recommender · 2018–2025
6 mo on HNNet Neutrality: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO)
LastWeekTonight
7 HN recommender · 2014–2017
5 mo on HNHyperNormalisation 2016
crisalist
6 HN recommender · 2016–2020
7 mo on HNCivil Forfeiture: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO)
LastWeekTonight
8 HN recommender · 2014–2024
6 mo on HNTobacco: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO)
LastWeekTonight
6 HN recommender · 2015–2021
6 mo on HNDavid Fravor: UFOs, Aliens, Fighter Jets, and Aerospace Engineering | Lex Fridman Podcast #122
Lex Fridman
8 HN recommender · 2020–2022
6 mo on HNData Brokers: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO)
LastWeekTonight
5 HN recommender · 2022–2024
6 mo on HNFarewellEtaoinShrdlu
Drinks and Dice
6 HN recommender · 2017–2026
6 mo on HNThe Great Global Warming Swindle Full Movie
Kazza0423
2 HN recommender · 2015–2020
6 mo on HNThe Lottery: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO)
LastWeekTonight
6 HN recommender · 2014–2023
6 mo on HNCanceling | ContraPoints
ContraPoints
7 HN recommender · 2020–2025
5 mo on HNExplained: New Navy UFO Videos
Mick West
5 HN recommender · 2020–2026
6 mo on HNThe REAL Reason McDonalds Ice Cream Machines Are Always Broken
Johnny Harris
8 HN recommender · 2021–2025
5 mo on HNGovernment Surveillance: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO)
LastWeekTonight
5 HN recommender · 2015–2023
5 mo on HNJon Stewart on Crossfire
Alex Felker
5 HN recommender · 2009–2025
5 mo on HNPig Butchering Scams: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO)
LastWeekTonight
5 HN recommender · 2024–2025
5 mo on HNOpioids: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO)
LastWeekTonight
5 HN recommender · 2016–2024
5 mo on HNJoe Rogan Experience #1361 - Cmdr. David Fravor & Jeremy Corbell
PowerfulJRE
5 HN recommender · 2019–2023
5 mo on HNJordan Peterson debate on the gender pay gap, campus protests and postmodernism
Channel 4 News
5 HN recommender · 2018–2023
5 mo on HNCollege Lecture Series - Neil Postman - "The Surrender of Culture to Technology"
College of DuPage
5 HN recommender · 2014–2025
4 mo on HNKGB Defector Yuri Bezmenov 1985 Interview. Explains KGB Manipulation of US Public Opinion
20th Century Time Machine
4 HN recommender · 2021–2025
5 mo on HNGimbal UFO - A New Analysis
Mick West
8 HN recommender · 2022–2025
5 mo on HNThe Boeing 787: Broken Dreams l Al Jazeera Investigations
Al Jazeera English
6 HN recommender · 2017–2024