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.
Madeleine Albright says 500,000 dead Iraqi Children was "worth it" wins Medal of Freedom
A short video promoting the claim that Madeleine Albright said the deaths of 500,000 Iraqi children from sanctions were 'worth it', timed to her receiving the Presidential Medal of Freedom.
The Hillary Clinton Takeover of the United States
A short video by Steve Pieczenik claiming the Clintons are carrying out a coup d'etat to take over the United States.
Lobbyist Claims Monsanto's Roundup Is Safe To Drink, Freaks Out When Offered A Glass
A short clip from a Canal+ interview in which a Monsanto-linked lobbyist says Roundup is safe to drink, then declines when offered a glass.
Weather: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO)
A Last Week Tonight segment on the tension between public and private weather forecasting, including NOAA data and AccuWeather's lobbying against free public weather data.
Он вам не Димон
A Russian-language investigation by Alexei Navalny's Anti-Corruption Foundation into Dmitry Medvedev's alleged corruption network.
Ami Horowitz: How white liberals really view black voters
Satirist Ami Horowitz interviews people at UC Berkeley and in Harlem about whether voter ID laws suppress the black vote.
Both Sides - SMBC Theater
An SMBC Theater sketch in which JP Nickel presents 'both sides' on every issue, satirizing false balance in news coverage.
Max Headroom WTTW Pirating Incident - 11/22/87 (Subtitled)
A subtitled edit of the 1987 Max Headroom broadcast signal intrusion, in which hijackers interrupted Chicago stations WGN and WTTW.
Obama drinks Flint water
A CNN news clip of President Obama drinking filtered Flint tap water during his visit to Flint, Michigan, over the lead contamination crisis.
New Live Poll Lets Pundits Pander To Viewers In Real Time
A 2009 satirical news segment from The Onion's 'In The Know' in which pundits adjust their on-air opinions in real time according to a live viewer poll.
Sexual Assault of Men Played for Laughs - Part 1 Male Perpetrators
A Pop Culture Detective video essay on how jokes about men sexually assaulting other men are common in entertainment media.
Vladimir Putin dresses down Russia's spy chief - BBC News
A BBC News clip of Putin pressing Russian foreign intelligence chief Sergei Naryshkin to speak clearly during a televised meeting on recognizing the rebel-held Ukrainian regions in February 2022.
Source: FBI looking at wife's phone call
A short CNN news segment reporting that the FBI is looking at a phone call between Tamerlan Tsarnaev's widow and her husband after his photos were released.
A real, not-clickbaity, average Chinese wet market
Chinese Cooking Demystified shows an ordinary, everyday Chinese wet market to counter sensationalized coverage during the early pandemic, with a pinned comment adding nuance.
The Alt-Right Playbook: Never Play Defense
Innuendo Studios' video essay in the Alt-Right Playbook series argues that bad-faith actors force opponents to defend their positions, so the way to avoid their trap is to never play defense.
Feelings vs Fact - Newt Gingrich - RNC Topic on Violent Crime - Feelings trump FBI Stats!
Clip from a John Oliver segment showing Newt Gingrich arguing that feelings about crime matter more than FBI statistics at the 2016 RNC.
Plagiarism and You(Tube)
A nearly four-hour video essay by hbomberguy on plagiarism on YouTube, centered on specific creators who copied other people's work.
9/11: A Conspiracy Theory
James Corbett's five-minute conspiracy-framed overview of 9/11 claims.
WikiLeaks video: 'Collateral murder' in Iraq
Al Jazeera's full unedited version of the WikiLeaks 'Collateral Murder' footage from a US military helicopter cockpit, showing a 2007 Baghdad attack that killed about a dozen people, including two Reuters journalists.
Charlottesville: The True Alt-Right
A long video essay examining the 2017 Unite the Right rally in Charlottesville, with footage and commentary on the neo-Nazi participants.
Psaki: 'We're Flagging Problematic Posts On Facebook That Spread Disinformation'
A short Newsweek clip of White House press secretary Jen Psaki saying the administration is flagging problematic posts to Facebook that spread COVID-19 and vaccine disinformation.
The Making Of 'Gutter Oil'
A Radio Free Asia report from its China food safety series on how "gutter oil" is recovered from sewers and waste and sold on to cheap restaurants and street vendors.