FRONTLINE PBS | Official: the videos Hacker News recommends
Not the channel's most viewed videos: the ones HN commenters kept linking with real commentary. The top pick, "Plastic Wars (full documentary) | FRONTLINE", hN recommends it as an eye-opener on how recycling was promoted by the plastics industry despite not working.
- 1 HN recommenders 1 months 2020–2023documentaryHN recommends it as an eye-opener on how recycling was promoted by the plastics industry despite not working.
- 2 HN recommenders 1 months 2021–2025interviewHN people recommend it as an unfiltered way to understand Bannon's worldview and the populist movement, and praise PBS for releasing full interviews.
- 1 HN recommenders 1 months 2022–2023interviewRecommended for historically grounded analysis of Putin, and praised as an example of releasing full-length interviews.
Questions
Which FRONTLINE PBS | Official video does Hacker News recommend most?
Plastic Wars (full documentary) | FRONTLINE: recommended in 1 different months by 1 HN users between 2020 and 2023.
Is this every FRONTLINE PBS | Official video?
No. Only videos that at least three different HN users linked, in at least three different months, with at least a sentence of their own commentary. That filter is what makes the list useful.
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