PickVidsBest Media, journalism & propaganda Videos
The 334 Media, journalism & propaganda videos here were recommended by different people across different months. Choose by who it is for: 2 introductory, 2 intermediate, 330 for a general viewer, and 0 for someone who wants the harder derivation. Most of them are a commentary. What they share is that something that already happened gets one reading. Channels you will keep seeing include LastWeekTonight, Innuendo Studios, CNN.
Police Interrogations: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO)
John Oliver's Last Week Tonight segment on police interrogation tactics and how they can lead innocent people to give false confessions.
Ukraine on Fire
A 2016 documentary by Igor Lopatonok that gives a historical perspective on Ukraine's divisions, the 2004 Orange Revolution and the 2014 Maidan uprising.
The PewDiePipeline: how racist humor leads to violence
NonCompete's video examines the alt-right pipeline and a 'pyramid of violence' running from implicit bias through edgy racist humor to real violence.
The Power Grid: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO)
John Oliver's Last Week Tonight segment on the state of the US power grid, why it needs fixing, and the risks of aging infrastructure.
Homeowners Associations: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO)
A John Oliver Last Week Tonight segment on homeowners associations, covering the surprising power they hold over residents and how arbitrary their rules can be.
Voting: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO)
A John Oliver Last Week Tonight segment on voting access in the US, covering how some states are making voting less equal.
Voting Machines: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO)
John Oliver's Last Week Tonight segment on US voting machines, covering how they work, their security weaknesses, and how elections could be made more secure.
Course: Zionist Editing on Wikipedia
A short news segment from Arutz Sheva about a course on pro-Israel editing of Wikipedia.
BBC: Spaghetti-Harvest in Ticino | Switzerland Tourism
The 1957 BBC Panorama April Fools' hoax report showing a Swiss family harvesting spaghetti from trees, republished by Switzerland Tourism.
The nightmare videos of childrens' YouTube — and what's wrong with the internet today | James Bridle
Writer and artist James Bridle shows how strange and disturbing children's videos on YouTube, from surprise eggs to algorithmic mashups, are produced for ad revenue.
Viral video raises worry over Sinclair's political messaging inside local news
A PBS NewsHour report on a viral compilation of local TV anchors reading identical scripts, which raised concerns about Sinclair Broadcasting mixing partisan opinion into local news.
HyperNormalisation by Adam Curtis HD Full [2016] [Subs]
Adam Curtis's 2016 BBC documentary argues that since the 1970s governments, financiers and technologists have retreated into a simplified fake world.
Ami Horowitz: How white liberals really view black voters
A Fox News segment in which Ami Horowitz interviews people at UC Berkeley and in Harlem about whether voter ID laws are racist.
The Alt-Right Playbook: I Hate Mondays
An Innuendo Studios Alt-Right Playbook episode about a rhetorical tactic of dismissing partial fixes to problems.
WATCH: Elon Musk appears to give fascist salute during Trump inauguration celebration
A short PBS NewsHour clip of Elon Musk making a gesture at the post-inauguration celebration in January 2025, which many described as a fascist salute.
4chan on Fox
A 2007 Fox news segment that portrays 4chan users as hardcore hackers.
Noam Chomsky to BBC-journalist: "If you believed different you wouldn't been sitting here."
A short excerpt of Noam Chomsky telling a BBC journalist that he does not accuse him of self-censorship.
Jon Stewart On The False Promises of AI | The Daily Show
Jon Stewart on The Daily Show satirizes the AI industry's promises of a better future while it builds technology to replace workers.
USA's Leading Dissident Voice | Noam Chomsky | Talks at Google
Noam Chomsky speaks at Google Cambridge in 2017 about his political development and the control of information and media.
Are You Eating a Credit Card Every Week?
A vlogbrothers video tracing how the claim that people eat a credit card of plastic every week spread.
Migrants being sold as slaves in Libya
A CNN report in which Nima Elbagir witnesses migrants being auctioned as slaves at a property outside Tripoli, Libya.
Campus Argument Goes Viral As Evergreen State Is Caught In Racial Turmoil (HBO)
A VICE News report on the 2017 protests at Evergreen State College, including the confrontation involving professor Bret Weinstein.
People React To DUI Laws(1980s News Report)
A short clip of 1980s news coverage in which people react angrily to new drunk driving laws, with some calling them communist.
Jessie Watters takes on the one who operates the Anti Work Group
A Fox News segment in which Jesse Watters interviews the moderator of the r/antiwork subreddit.