The Best Media, Propaganda & Truth Documentaries

World Affairs & Investigations - 47 free documentaries about media, propaganda & truth.

Start with Julian Assange and the dark secrets of war (55 min, DW Documentary), then Who gets to decide what’s true? (57 min, PBS). All 47 documentaries here are free to watch from their makers' official uploads. To read deeper, the top-rated book on media, propaganda & truth is Manufacturing Consent by Edward S. Herman.

• Julian Assange and the dark secrets of war | DW Documentary | 4K UHD (55 min, DW Documentary)
• Who gets to decide what’s true? | BREAKING the DEADLOCK: Truth Under Fire (57 min, PBS)
• We Fell For The Oldest Lie On The Internet (13 min, Kurzgesagt)
• The War You Don't See: Why Propaganda Hides the True Face of War (95 min, ENDEVR)
• A Thousand Cuts (100 min, FRONTLINE PBS)
• Louis Theroux Reflects On The Deepest Regret of His Entire Career (75 min, Real Stories)
• Kekistan: trolling for freedom - VPRO documentary - 2018 (46 min, VPRO Documentary)
• Words That Hide the Truth - George Carlin (10 min, After Skool)
• WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange: Idol and public enemy no. 1 (86 min, DW Documentary)
• The Big Lie - How to Enslave the World (12 min, Academy of Ideas)
• Fake news, propaganda, and conspiracy theories - The fight against disinformation (42 min, DW Documentary)
• The Disinformation Age: Why People Believe in Conspiracy Theories (85 min, ENDEVR)
• Who Rules America: The Power of The Media | Propaganda (25 min, ENDEVR)
• Reddit Disinformation & How We Beat It Together - Smarter Every Day 232 (24 min, Smarter Every Day)
• The BIG LIE - Tim Dillon (11 min, After Skool)
• VICE Meets Glenn Greenwald: Snowden's Journalist of Choice (32 min, VICE)
• When journalists become agents (28 min, DW Documentary)
• Top Hats, Newspapers, Fountain Pens & More for Presidents’ Day! | How It’s Made (61 min, Science Channel)
• Delusion of the Masses - Propaganda in Nazi Germany | Fake War: Episode 2 | FD History (45 min, Free Documentary - History)
• Art as Propaganda: Great Art Explained: Napoleon Crossing the Alps by Jacques-Louis David (23 min, Great Art Explained)
• Is the Mainstream Media a Threat to Freedom and Sanity? (13 min, Academy of Ideas)
• How Propaganda Changed the Face of War | Fake War: Episode 1 (43 min, Free Documentary - History)
• Free Speech, Censorship, and the Threat of Totalitarianism (21 min, Academy of Ideas)
• A Most Dangerous Profession: Journalism (72 min, ENDEVR)
• Mauritania - Young Girls Force-Fed & Censored Nicaragua | Unreported World (47 min, Free Documentary)
• The Man Who Knew Too Much: Spies, Fake News and Disinformation (67 min, Real Crime)
• Alain de Botton on the Media (36 min, The School of Life)
• Introduction to Propaganda (11 min, Academy of Ideas)
• Why the News Promotes Ignorance and Mental Illness (16 min, Academy of Ideas)
• The Philippines' Fake News Epidemic: Who Wins And Who Loses? | Fact Vs Fiction (47 min, CNA Insider)
• ISIS - Propaganda of the 21st Century | Fake War: Episode 5 (46 min, Free Documentary - History)
• Truth as a Weapon (50 min, VPRO Documentary)
• Truth Matters: The State of Democracy and Press Freedom | LIVE DISCUSSION (57 min, FRONTLINE PBS)
• Inside The Forbidden Vault: Scanning A Censored 6th-Century Bible (43 min, Odyssey)
• Escaping Poverty & Violence: How A Former Drug Dealer Became An Award-Winning Journalist (72 min, Real Stories)
• Truth, Power and the Importance of Press Freedom: An exclusive conversation with Maria Ressa (75 min, FRONTLINE PBS)
• Independent journalism under pressure (54 min, VPRO Documentary)
• Inside Stars and Stripes: The World's Most Dangerous Paper Route (56 min, ENDEVR)
• The People Behind Corporate Bribes And Fake News | Greedy Lying Bastards (90 min, Wonder)
• You can't kill the story (50 min, VPRO Documentary)
• Exposing Cartels: Inside Colombia’s Most Dangerous City for Journalists (42 min, Real Stories)
• Is This The Most Dangerous Country To Report The Truth? (42 min, Real Stories)
• When Sensationalism Became Fake News | Past Forward (65 min, American Experience)
• Bryan Bruce: NZ Public Television (NZPTV) Giving Kiwis power and place to share our stories (59 min, Our Planet)
• Tim Lynch: Breaking out of the local and global narrative of fear and entrapment (58 min, Our Planet)
• Enter staged right: misinformation feeds Britain’s riots (23 min, The Economist)
• Nicky Hager: New Zealand's renown investigative journalist (60 min, Our Planet)

Top-Rated Books About Media, Propaganda & Truth

1. Manufacturing Consent by Edward S. Herman (4.2/5) - View on Amazon
2. Amusing Ourselves to Death by Neil Postman (4.2/5) - View on Amazon
3. She Said by Jodi Kantor (4.4/5) - View on Amazon
4. All the President's Men by Carl Bernstein (3.7/5) - View on Amazon