Media, Journalism & Propaganda Videos Hacker News Recommends — Page 4

comedy#3803

Patents: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO)

LastWeekTonight

“Above two YouTube videos I’ve been passing around”

1 HN recommenders · 2016–2024

commentary#3815

Jordan Peterson | ContraPoints

ContraPoints

“informative, charitable, opinionated and entertaining (to me) video from Contrapoints”

1 HN recommenders · 2018–2021

interview#3827

Former KGB Agent Yuri Bezmenov Explains How to Brainwash a Nation (Full Length)

Federaljacktube

“talks about his mission and how he brainwashes the whole nation by controlling the academia and media.”

1 HN recommenders · 2016–2017

commentary#3828

The Fake Futurism of Elon Musk

Tom Nicholas

“There was an interesting critique of Musks futurism by Tom Nicholas. It definitely gave me another perspective.”

1 HN recommenders · 2021–2022

documentary#3831

What Went Wrong in the South Korean Ferry Disaster? | The New Yorker

The New Yorker

1 HN recommenders · 2020–2024

podcast#3867

Joe Rogan on Why he changed his stance on the Moon landing conspiracy

JRE Clips

“I really liked Joe Rogan's video on this topic”

1 HN recommenders · 2018–2025

commentary#3878

Adam Curtis - Oh Dearism

UKNewsMediaBlog

“we just watch sad news each day and it makes us think all that can be done is say "oh dear”

1 HN recommenders · 2014–2020

commentary#3906

Freight Trains: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO)

LastWeekTonight

“This show covers the railroad problem pretty well”

1 HN recommenders · 2023–2024

comedy#3968

Who reads the papers? - Yes, Prime Minister - BBC comedy

BBC Studios

“news companies are openly biased towards one political party or bias their articles towards their main customer group”

1 HN recommenders · 2010–2025

commentary#3986

Prosecutors: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO)

LastWeekTonight

“this episode of last week tonight[1] is quite useful to understand the role and possible abuses of prosecutors”

1 HN recommenders · 2018–2019

explainer#4000

Who is Manipulating Facebook? - Smarter Every Day 215

SmarterEveryDay

“Destin of Smarter Every Day on YT went and talked to FB and their content mod team”

1 HN recommenders · 2019–2020

documentary#4003

The Gun Markets of Pakistan with Suroosh Alvi

VICE

“VICE video from 2011 on the same gun markets of Pakistan, I started following VICE after I saw that video.”

1 HN recommenders · 2014–2020

commentary#4004

Plastics: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO)

LastWeekTonight

“check out John Oliver's Last Week Tonight on plastics”

1 HN recommenders · 2021

commentary#4034

How Kurzgesagt Cooks Propaganda For Billionaires

The Hated One

“The following video is a good start”

1 HN recommenders · 2022–2023

other#4046

Duck And Cover (1951) Bert The Turtle

Nuclear Vault

“Just getting under a desk or table away from any windows improves your chances of survival.”

1 HN recommenders · 2013–2022

news#4099

Bhopal Disaster - BBC - The Yes Men

razorfoundation

“Perhaps my favourite”

1 HN recommenders · 2010–2022

talk#4152

Kevin Spacey urges TV channels to give control to viewers

The Telegraph

“This is how you do it”

1 HN recommenders · 2013

commentary#4154

Student Debt: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO)

LastWeekTonight

“Watch that to the end (or at least the end of the veteran benefits bit)”

1 HN recommenders · 2015–2017

comedy#4189

Brass Eye Episode 07 - Paedogeddon! (Special)

Pol Pot

“You may enjoy Chris Morris in this Brass Eye special”

1 HN recommenders · 2017–2021

comedy#4214

Newscasters Agree: A Christmas Present Or Two Or Ten Edition | CONAN on TBS

Team Coco

“100s of local newscasts are all using the exact same script, even on trivial human interest stories”

1 HN recommenders · 2014–2020

explainer#4219

Giving birth costs a lot. Hospitals won't tell you how much.

Vox

“Here's a great video that I think is related to this topic about the near-impossibility of finding out the cost of giving birth”

1 HN recommenders · 2017–2022

commentary#4222

Organ & Body Donations: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO)

LastWeekTonight

“John Oliver had a pretty good episode about hospitals, organ donation organisations and even non-profits”

1 HN recommenders · 2024

interview#4244

CIA Officer Frank Snepp Discusses Planting Stories in Vietnam

Witness to War

“also has a very revealing interview about how the CIA would plant stories”

1 HN recommenders · 2022–2023

explainer#4245

Why are people mean on Twitter? - Smarter Every Day 214

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”

1 HN recommenders · 2020

news#4248

How China Is Changing Your Internet | The New York Times

The New York Times

“This video from NYT explains it what makes WeChat revolutionary as a platform”

1 HN recommenders · 2016–2017

commentary#4249

60 Minutes, Navy pilots describe encounters with UFOs: BUSTED!

Thunderf00t

“a decent overview of it”

1 HN recommenders · 2021–2023

comedy#4268

Dr. Oz and Nutritional Supplements: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO)

LastWeekTonight

“John Oliver has a good video on it”

1 HN recommenders · 2014–2021

commentary#4306

Congressional Fundraising: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO)

LastWeekTonight

“John Oliver's overview of the problem”

1 HN recommenders · 2016–2022

interview#4361

Putin's Revenge: Julia Ioffe (interview) | FRONTLINE

FRONTLINE PBS | Official

“I can also recommend the PBS Frontline interviews with Julia Ioffe”

1 HN recommenders · 2022–2023

commentary#4376

Journalism: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO)

LastWeekTonight

“John Oliver had a great segment on this”

1 HN recommenders · 2016–2017

documentary#4377

Locksmith ripoffs: Hidden camera investigation (Marketplace)

CBC News

“This video has a demo of what is happening”

1 HN recommenders · 2021–2024

documentary#4396

The Lobby P1: Young Friends of Israel l Al Jazeera Investigations

Al Jazeera English

“There's a very interesting investigative documentary by Al Jazeera that shows how Israel funds and manages the Israeli lobby in the UK.”

1 HN recommenders · 2017–2022

documentary#4448

This is Cuba's Netflix, Hulu, and Spotify – all without the internet

Vox

“I'd recommend watching the video that is linked”

1 HN recommenders · 2016–2026

explainer#4480

Inside Hong Kong’s cage homes

Vox

“There's a pretty good YouTube video about it”

1 HN recommenders · 2019–2022

explainer#4493

The British Museum is full of stolen artifacts

Vox

“I enjoyed this Vox video about how the British Museum holds many artifacts that were stolen.”

1 HN recommenders · 2020–2022

commentary#4552

Multiple local news stations say the same thing verbatim

ShootMeDead

“In the same vein and much more entertaining is this video that compares local news channels”

1 HN recommenders · 2018–2024

interview#4554

Wikipedia co-founder: I no longer trust the website I created

UnHerd

“I suggest you watch this interview with Wikipedia co-founder Larry Sanger on why you shouldn't trust Wikipedia.”

1 HN recommenders · 2021–2023

interview#4559

Noam Chomsky Stumps Andrew Marr

Unapproved Narratives

“I'm not saying you're self-censoring; I'm sure you believe everything you're saying.”

1 HN recommenders · 2019–2022

commentary#4611

Police Interrogations: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO)

LastWeekTonight

“His show does proper research and points to numerous actual cases of harm before making a claim.”

1 HN recommenders · 2022–2023

documentary#4625

Ukraine on Fire

Global Tree Pictures

“it helped me understand better the historical context of what's at stake in Ukraine”

1 HN recommenders · 2022

commentary#4632

The PewDiePipeline: how racist humor leads to violence

NonCompete

“A good video which goes over this is The PewDiePieline”

1 HN recommenders · 2019–2023

commentary#4639

The Power Grid: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO)

LastWeekTonight

“You should probably watch John Oliver's Power Grid episode”

1 HN recommenders · 2021–2025

commentary#4645

Homeowners Associations: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO)

LastWeekTonight

“A fun John Oliver video on how corrupt HOA's are”

1 HN recommenders · 2023–2024

commentary#4681

Voting Machines: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO)

LastWeekTonight

“The Last Week Tonight on voting machines was quite something to watch”

1 HN recommenders · 2020–2023

comedy#4688

BBC: Spaghetti-Harvest in Ticino | Switzerland Tourism

Switzerland

“Come for the legendary and perfectly executed hoax. Stay for the plummy accent.”

1 HN recommenders · 2016–2023

talk#4721

The nightmare videos of childrens' YouTube — and what's wrong with the internet today | James Bridle

TED

“This TED talk sums up why I'll never allow my child to go on YouTube.”

1 HN recommenders · 2018–2025

documentary#4767

HyperNormalisation by Adam Curtis HD Full [2016] [Subs]

L33T GUY

“a film I recommend.”

1 HN recommenders · 2019–2026

commentary#4770

Ami Horowitz: How white liberals really view black voters

Fox News

1 HN recommenders · 2019–2022