Media, Journalism & Propaganda Videos Hacker News Recommends — Page 2

explainer#1116

Chinese Invisibility Cloak Hoax DESTROYED!!!

Captain Disillusion

“My favorite video about green screens and chroma keying, from Captain Disillusion”

4 HN recommenders · 2021–2025

explainer#1161

Copyright: How It Went Wrong

CGP Grey

“CGP Grey also did a fantastic video on the history of copyright and Disney's constant involvement.”

4 HN recommenders · 2012–2020

commentary#1188

Municipal Violations: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO)

LastWeekTonight

“Even more relevant is his piece on municipal violations and how they can unfairly steamroll the poor with escalating fees.”

5 HN recommenders · 2015–2020

commentary#1192

Nuclear Weapons: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO)

LastWeekTonight

“John Olivers episode on it is also amazing.”

4 HN recommenders · 2014–2026

documentary#1195

From the DMZ Into the Hermit Kingdom - Inside North Korea (Part 1/3)

VICE

“Vice has a three-part 1-hour-total documentary on North Korea with footage from the country.”

3 HN recommenders · 2013–2023

documentary#1205

Vienna's Radical Idea? Affordable Housing For All

Bloomberg Originals

“if you supply at least some public housing, it can have an outsized ability to keep rents down”

3 HN recommenders · 2021–2026

commentary#1227

PFAS: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO)

LastWeekTonight

“he does his homework”

4 HN recommenders · 2021–2025

explainer#1274

YouTubers have to declare ads. Why doesn't anyone else?

Tom Scott

“Tom Scott has a great video on the inconsistency that online influencers and youtubers have to declare ads/product-placements while traditional media does not.”

6 HN recommenders · 2021–2024

explainer#1344

Did SARS-Cov-2 start in a Chinese lab?

potholer54

“Potholer54 did a rather methodical takedown”

4 HN recommenders · 2020–2021

news#1364

60 Minutes - Luxottica. Do you know who makes your glasses?

Luxury Eyesight

“See this eye-opening 60 Minutes story on Luxottica”

5 HN recommenders · 2014–2023

news#1371

Call Between Alexey Navalny and FSB Officer Konstantin Kudryavtsev [English Subtitles]

Bellingcat

“But the best part is how he did it: caller ID spoof + social engineering.”

3 HN recommenders · 2020–2024

interview#1377

Я позвонил своему убийце. Он признался

Алексей Навальный

“But the best part is how he did it: caller ID spoof + social engineering.”

3 HN recommenders · 2020–2021

explainer#1410

How The Auto Industry Carjacked The American Dream | Climate Town

Climate Town

“Climate town videos are all well researched and provide an enormous amount of follow-up content from their sources.”

3 HN recommenders · 2021–2025

documentary#1440

Don't Be a Sucker

US National Archives

“long, but worth a watch sometime for anyone who hasn't seen it”

4 HN recommenders · 2020–2026

talk#1460

Astroturf and manipulation of media messages | Sharyl Attkisson | TEDxUniversityofNevada

TEDx Talks

“She also gave another amazing talk on corporate astroturfing and media manipulation [2]”

3 HN recommenders · 2016–2018

commentary#1462

Opioids II: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO)

LastWeekTonight

“there are 3 John Oliver segments on the subject that will back up the "Good." statement”

3 HN recommenders · 2019–2024

comedy#1465

Scientific Studies: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO)

LastWeekTonight

“John Oliver has a great segment called 'Scientific Studies' I'll link at the end of this post, everyone should watch this.”

3 HN recommenders · 2016–2019

commentary#1470

China & Uighurs: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO)

LastWeekTonight

“John Oliver did an excellent piece on the situation of the uighur last week”

3 HN recommenders · 2020–2025

lecture#1514

Yuri Bezmenov: Psychological Warfare Subversion & Control of Western Society (Complete)

GBPPR2

“One of the most important videos on the entire Internet”

3 HN recommenders · 2017–2024

commentary#1524

J.K. Rowling | ContraPoints

ContraPoints

“This is a good, calm, nuanced discussion about why LGBTQ people and our allies don't like Rowling as much as we used to.”

3 HN recommenders · 2021–2022

documentary#1529

Vaccines and Autism: A Measured Response

hbomberguy

“His documentary on Andrew Wakefield has become my definitive answer to people who ask me if the MMR vaccine causes autism”

3 HN recommenders · 2021–2025

documentary#1564

Oswald Acted Alone: JFK Assassination Solved (Part 1 of 2)

Sean Munger

“there's an exhaustive two part series by Sean Munger that sets out the many interlocking lines of evidence that Oswald acted alone.”

4 HN recommenders · 2023–2024

commentary#1580

President Trump: How & Why...

Jonathan Pie

“I think Jonathan Pie encapsulated it perfectly just a few days after the election”

4 HN recommenders · 2016–2020

documentary#1595

People & Power - On a wing and a prayer

Al Jazeera English

“Here are gruesome, firsthand details about production and management problems with the 737NG in a documentary from Al Jazeera.”

3 HN recommenders · 2019–2024

commentary#1634

Predatory Lending: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO)

LastWeekTonight

“I think he does a pretty good job in giving an overview of what predatory lending is.”

4 HN recommenders · 2014–2022

commentary#1691

This is Extremely Dangerous to Our Democracy

Blyledge

“Only takes me one minute and thirty six seconds to convince anyone I meet of this point”

4 HN recommenders · 2020–2026

commentary#1695

Sinclair's Soldiers in Trump's War on Media

Deadspin

“the Deadspin video of dozens of local news anchors reading the same editorial content handed down by Sinclair Broadcast Group is striking”

3 HN recommenders · 2020–2025

commentary#1697

The Alt-Right Playbook: Always a Bigger Fish

Innuendo Studios

“I think Innuendo Studios/Ian Danskin explains this mechanism very very well”

3 HN recommenders · 2019–2025

other#1732

Colonel JD AI Codec Conversation MGS2 HD

Louie V

“You should play Metal Gear Solid 2, or at least watch the last codec call[1].”

3 HN recommenders · 2020–2025

commentary#1738

What 40,000 Videos Tell Us About The Trending Tab

Coffee Break

“Here's an excellent video breaking down with extremely compelling data how the "trending" tab is very heavily manipulated”

3 HN recommenders · 2019–2020

commentary#1887

WOKE BRANDS

hbomberguy

“a very poignant discussion of the problematic underpinnings of brands adopting a particular aspect of a "personality”

3 HN recommenders · 2019–2025

commentary#1918

The Alt-Right Playbook: Introduction

Innuendo Studios

“I recommend the YouTube series The Alt-Right Playbook for an overview of these tactics”

3 HN recommenders · 2020–2022

commentary#1926

Carbon Offsets: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO)

LastWeekTonight

“John Oliver with a quite informative video about why many carbon offsets/carbon credits schemes are most likely not genuine”

3 HN recommenders · 2022–2023

commentary#1934

The Secret Chinese War for Your Opinion!

serpentza

“This was an interesting video by a westerner who is in China (often)”

3 HN recommenders · 2018–2019

commentary#1969

Timeshares: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO)

LastWeekTonight

“I think this Last Week Tonight episode is very informative on the topic”

3 HN recommenders · 2023–2024

commentary#1976

Veritasium: A Story of YouTube Propaganda

Tom Nicholas

“Tom Nicholas did a good job breaking down the problems with it”

3 HN recommenders · 2021–2023

interview#1997

Noam Chomsky on Propaganda - The Big Idea - Interview with Andrew Marr

k1mk1mk1m

“The 30 minute episode[1] is well worth a watch”

3 HN recommenders · 2019–2025

talk#2006

Mike Arrington at Startup School 08

startupschool

“Mike Arrington's talk from startup school on dealing with press is quite good”

3 HN recommenders · 2009–2020

explainer#2026

Adam Ruins Everything - The Truth About the McDonald's Coffee Lawsuit

truTV

3 HN recommenders · 2017–2023

commentary#2067

Charlie Brooker's Newswipe 25/03/09

No Unicorns

“Basically at the end the forensic psychiatrist says that giving this intense superficial coverage about the gunman only encourages more copycat killers.”

3 HN recommenders · 2012–2023

podcast#2173

Unlocking UAP Mysteries: Economics, Aliens, and The Great Filter | Merged EP0109

Merged Podcast

“Grabby Aliens concept by Robin Hanson is an interesting new take on UFOs.”

3 HN recommenders · 2023

comedy#2176

Climate Change Debate: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO)

LastWeekTonight

“There is a nice visual example of this made by John Oliver on his show”

3 HN recommenders · 2015–2023

commentary#2199

Retirement Plans: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO)

LastWeekTonight

“John Oliver had a great bit on retirement plans [1] if you're interested in passive investing.”

3 HN recommenders · 2016–2026

talk#2230

There is No Algorithm for Truth - with Tom Scott

The Royal Institution

“did a really good segment on the parasocial relationship as part of his talk to the Royal Institution”

3 HN recommenders · 2019–2025

documentary#2294

Noam Chomsky - Manufacturing Consent

Chomsky's Philosophy

“Here's a clip from a documentary based on the book”

3 HN recommenders · 2017–2021

documentary#2307

China’s Vanishing Muslims: Undercover In The Most Dystopian Place In The World

VICE News

“here's a very thorough look from an established news source”

3 HN recommenders · 2019–2022

explainer#2359

Manipulating the YouTube Algorithm - (Part 1/3) Smarter Every Day 213

SmarterEveryDay

“Destin Sandlin explores how YouTube, Twitter, and Facebook are being used as a sort of vanguard in a meta-game to undermine our trust”

2 HN recommenders · 2019–2021

interview#2388

The War on Sensemaking, Daniel Schmachtenberger

Rebel Wisdom

“It may change the way you think about people that question the narrative.”

2 HN recommenders · 2019–2023