documentary · HACKER NEWS RECOMMENDATION
Noam Chomsky - Manufacturing Consent
Chomsky's Philosophy · 3 HN recommenders · 3 recommendation months
Recommended by 3 Hacker News commenters across 3 months (2017–2021).
SignalTube analysis
Among 42 other documentary videos tagged Media, journalism & propaganda, the mean is 3.9 distinct HN recommenders. This video has 3 distinct HN recommenders, below that mean. Recommendations span 3 distinct months; the peer average is 3.7 months. This is a data-derived comparison, not a human review or quality rating.
38% of its 8 labeled comments are marked as recommendations or strong recommendations. HN mention years are 2017–2021; those years describe discussion history, not upload date. Its verified runtime is 9 minutes 4 seconds. YouTube lists its publication date as 2015-10-15.
- Channel / speaker
- Chomsky's Philosophy
- Verified runtime
- 9m 4s
- YouTube upload date
- 2015-10-15
- Hacker News mention years
- 2017–2021
SAME TOPIC AND FORMAT
Compare with related videos
The comparison cohort uses other documentary videos in Media, journalism & propaganda. “Shared recommenders” counts HN users who recommended both videos in the source graph.
| Video | HN recommenders | Recommendation months | Positive label share | Shared recommenders | Runtime | Upload date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Noam Chomsky - Manufacturing ConsentCurrent video | 3 | 3 | 38% | — | 9m 4s | 2015-10-15 |
| In Search Of A Flat Earthdocumentary · Folding Ideas | 17 | 15 | 85% | No recorded overlap | 76m 17s | 2020-09-11 |
| The Century of the Self (Full Adam Curtis Documentary)documentary · David Lessig | 13 | 13 | 65% | No recorded overlap | 234m 44s | 2015-07-09 |
| The Century of the Self - Part 1: "Happiness Machines"documentary · JustAdamCurtis | 13 | 9 | 65% | No recorded overlap | 58m 46s | 2016-06-20 |
THREE SOURCE-BASED CONTEXT POINTS
Why Hacker News recommends it
Each note combines the dataset’s stance label and short rationale; comment bodies are not reproduced. Open the HN source for the original discussion.
The archive classifies this as a contextual reference in “Bezos donates $100M each to CNN contributor Van Jones and chef Jose Andres”. Its short rationale: the source snapshot has no short rationale for this mention.
The archive classifies this as a recommendation in “Assange case: Key witness admits he lied”. Its short rationale: Short overview of Chomsky's propaganda model of media.
The archive classifies this as a contextual reference in “‘Limbic Capitalism’ Preys on Our Addicted Brains”. Its short rationale: Cited as evidence that consent manufacturing is old and real.