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.
Lies on the Internet
A very short clip from the children's cartoon Arthur riffing on the line about not believing everything you read on the internet.
Former KGB Agent, Yuri Bezmenov, Warns America About Socialist Subversion
A 1984 interview with former KGB agent Yuri Bezmenov on ideological subversion and psychological warfare, reposted in 2020 with a modern political framing.
Woman disguises 911 call by ordering pizza
A local news report about a woman who ordered a pizza on a 911 call to discreetly signal domestic violence and give her address to the dispatcher.
Nuclear Waste: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO)
A Last Week Tonight segment in which John Oliver explains the US nuclear waste storage problem, including the Yucca Mountain politics.
Violence in the C.H.O.P
Seattle Police Department compilation of open-source video of violent incidents in the Capitol Hill Occupied Protest (CHOP) zone in 2020, released around the July 1 emergency proclamation.
Prison: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO)
John Oliver's Last Week Tonight segment on the American prison system, covering conditions, private prison economics and more, with comedic framing.
Apple under fire for allegations of controversial business practices
A CBC The National investigation into Apple's business practices, including undercover work on repair pricing and the battery slowdown scandal.
Leftist Debunks John Oliver's Venezuela Episode
Empire Files host Mike Prysner responds point by point to John Oliver's Last Week Tonight episode on Venezuela, arguing it distorted the country's situation and the role of the US government.
Credit Reports: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO)
A Last Week Tonight segment on credit reports, explaining their outsized role in people's lives and how often they contain critical errors.
You Won’t Believe What Obama Says In This Video! 😉
A BuzzFeed PSA from 2018 in which a deepfaked Barack Obama, voiced by Jordan Peele, warns about fake video before revealing the trick.
Today Show Canoe
An NBC Today Show correspondent appears to row a canoe in deep storm floodwater, though the water is only about six inches deep.
Trump Bombshell Montage - Walls Are Closing In (no collusion)
A short 2019 montage of news clips about the Trump-Russia investigation, with the title ending in 'no collusion'.
Police arrest CNN correspondent Omar Jimenez and crew on live television
CNN footage of correspondent Omar Jimenez and his crew being arrested live on air by police while covering protests in Minneapolis in 2020, after identifying themselves as press.
Jim Cramer: "Bear Stearns is Fine!" Tues, 3/11/08
A short clip of CNBC's Jim Cramer insisting Bear Stearns is fine in March 2008, days before the firm was sold to JP Morgan for $2 a share.
Cramer on How Hedge Funds are Scamming the Market
A trader channel clips Jim Cramer describing market manipulation techniques hedge funds use.
Barack Obama Singing Call Me Maybe by Carly Rae Jepsen
A 2012 parody dub that splices clips of Barack Obama speaking into a performance of Carly Rae Jepsen's 'Call Me Maybe'.
Food Waste: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO)
John Oliver's Last Week Tonight segment on food waste covers how producers, sellers and consumers throw away huge amounts of food, including sell-by dates and donation myths.
Pädokriminelle Foren: Warum löscht niemand die Aufnahmen? | STRG_F
A German STRG_F investigation into why child sexual abuse material stays online on forums, following a father whose daughter's abuse images were widely shared.
How Fox News has shifted its coronavirus rhetoric
A short Washington Post compilation showing Fox News hosts shifting from doubting the coronavirus to calling it a public health crisis.
I Worked For MrBeast, He's A Fraud
A 54-minute video by a former MrBeast worker alleging that MrBeast's operation is fraudulent, including claims that some contests are staged or manipulated.
Julie knew her killer - seatbelt road safety advert
A one-minute UK road safety advert showing a family car crash in which an unbelted rear passenger kills his mother in a head-on collision.
Former CIA Chief of Disguise Breaks Down 30 Spy Scenes From Film & TV | WIRED
Former CIA Chief of Disguise Jonna Mendez reviews spy scenes from film and TV and explains how realistic they are, including disguise techniques and masks.
Pentagon officially released 'UFO' videos: BUSTED (Part 1)
Thunderf00t argues that the Pentagon's officially released 'UFO' videos have mundane explanations such as birds, parallax and sensor artifacts.
Watch the moment officials detain Turkish student Rumeysa Ozturk
Associated Press footage of masked federal agents detaining Tufts student Rumeysa Ozturk on a street in Somerville, Massachusetts.