CNN: the videos Hacker News recommends
Not the channel's most viewed videos: the ones HN commenters kept linking with real commentary. The top pick, "Thiel: Google has $50B, doesn't innovate", hN reaches for it whenever big tech cash hoarding, buybacks or stagnating innovation come up.
- 2 HN recommenders 2 months 2017–2023interviewHN reaches for it whenever big tech cash hoarding, buybacks or stagnating innovation come up.
- 1 HN recommenders 1 months 2020–2026comedy videoHN cites it as the source of the line that reality has a liberal bias and as a performance people still find phenomenal.
- cited 3× 0 months 2019–2026news clipHN links it as the original footage of the famous framing of knowledge and ignorance.
Questions
Which CNN video does Hacker News recommend most?
Thiel: Google has $50B, doesn't innovate: recommended in 2 different months by 2 HN users between 2017 and 2023.
Is this every CNN 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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