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.
Climate Change Debate: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO)
A short Last Week Tonight segment where John Oliver stages a statistically representative climate debate, with Bill Nye facing a crowd of dissenters.
Retirement Plans: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO)
A Last Week Tonight segment on retirement plans, high fees and bad financial advice, with comedic sketches.
There is No Algorithm for Truth - with Tom Scott
Tom Scott's Royal Institution discourse on science communication in the age of social media, how recommendation algorithms shape popularity, and why view counts can matter more than truth.
Noam Chomsky - Manufacturing Consent
A nine-minute excerpt from the 1992 documentary Manufacturing Consent in which Noam Chomsky summarizes how corporate media shapes public discourse.
China’s Vanishing Muslims: Undercover In The Most Dystopian Place In The World
VICE News reporter Isobel Yeung goes undercover as a tourist in Xinjiang, documenting heavy surveillance, policing and internment of Uighurs.
Manipulating the YouTube Algorithm - (Part 1/3) Smarter Every Day 213
Part 1 of Smarter Every Day's three-part series on manipulating the YouTube algorithm.
DARK GOTHIC MAGA: How Tech Billionaires Plan to Destroy America
A political commentary video arguing that tech billionaires such as Thiel, Musk and Andreessen, along with figures like Yarvin, are using the new administration to push their agenda.
Journalist Vincent Woo reflects on his piece, "Lambda School's Misleading Promises" | E1039
Journalist Vincent Woo discusses his New York Magazine piece on Lambda School's misleading promises, including its income share agreements and placement claims, in an interview on This Week in Startups.
The War on Sensemaking, Daniel Schmachtenberger
Daniel Schmachtenberger discusses why the information ecology is damaged and what healthy public sensemaking would take.
Vaccines: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO)
John Oliver's Last Week Tonight segment on vaccines, arguing that the benefits far outweigh the minuscule risks and discussing why some parents still doubt their safety.
Where's the 'Collusion'?
The Real News Network interview between Aaron Mate and Guardian reporter Luke Harding about Russiagate and Harding's book on alleged Russian collusion.
Charlie Brooker's Screenwipe - Reality TV Editing
A clip from Charlie Brooker's BBC show Screenwipe showing how reality TV uses editing to manufacture emotion and narrative.
Native Advertising: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO)
A John Oliver Last Week Tonight segment on native advertising, showing how ads are disguised as editorial content in news media, including BuzzFeed and major newspapers.
Breakdown of the Pentagon UFO videos with Mick West
Astronomer David Kipping of Cool Worlds talks with Mick West to break down the three declassified Pentagon UFO videos.
Brian Springer - Spin
Brian Springer's documentary Spin, built entirely from unauthorized satellite feeds of politicians and newscasters before they went on air during the 1992 US presidential election.
SLAPP Suits: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO)
John Oliver explains SLAPP suits, lawsuits designed to silence critics through legal costs, after his show's legal fight with coal executive Bob Murray.
AI Slop Is Destroying The Internet
Kurzgesagt examines how AI-generated content is flooding the internet, from video and music to news and books.
Epic 2014
Epic 2014 is a short science-fiction film that imagines the media landscape merging into a personalized, computer-generated news service.
David Carr vs. Some Guys from VICE
A clip from the documentary Page One in which New York Times reporter David Carr interviews and confronts the founders of Vice magazine over their media deal.
Cambridge Analytica Uncovered: Secret filming reveals election tricks
A Channel 4 News undercover investigation in which Cambridge Analytica executives are filmed discussing bribes, honeypots, fake identities and manipulating elections around the world.
PAW Patrol's Dark Secret, Explained
A long video essay by Skip Intro asking what vision of policing the kids' show PAW Patrol suggests.
Exposing the Honey Influencer Scam
MegaLag investigates PayPal's Honey browser extension, showing how it swaps affiliate attribution and was promoted by large YouTube influencers.
The Alt-Right Playbook: The Card Says Moops
An Innuendo Studios video essay from the Alt-Right Playbook series that uses the Seinfeld 'the card says moops' scene to explain bad-faith argument tactics.
Stadiums: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO)
John Oliver's Last Week Tonight segment on cities spending public money on privately owned sports stadiums, including how tax-exempt municipal bonds subsidize them.