The Hack
tv·15·Sep 24, 2025·
The Hack earns a low 2/10 woke score: straight true-crime drama on media corruption and journalism, with no identity politics, DEI lectures, or activist tropes—just pure, story-driven entertainment.
"The Hack" is a traditional true-crime drama dramatizing the real-life News International phone-hacking scandal and the unsolved murder of private investigator Daniel Morgan, centering on journalistic integrity amid media and police corruption, with themes of institutional abuses of power by figures like Rupert Murdoch.
Featuring an ensemble cast of primarily white British actors like David Tennant, Robert Carlyle, and Toby Jones portraying historical figures, it includes organic minor roles for non-white actors without emphasizing identity politics, DEI, or contemporary progressive activism. Its overall woke score of 2/10 reflects a clean, entertainment-focused narrative unburdened by ideological lectures, gender/race-swapping, or activist messaging, prioritizing story over systemic oppression tropes tied to race, gender, or sexuality.
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We've run a full content analysis on The Hack and scored it 2/10 on the woke scale. Read our detailed breakdown above to see exactly what we found.
Our analysis checks for themes like identity politics, race-swapping, gender ideology, environmental activism, anti-religious messaging, and other progressive agenda elements. The score breakdown above shows which specific categories were flagged and how heavily they factor into The Hack's overall score.
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We evaluate media across multiple ideological categories on a 0–10 scale. Scores of 0–3 mean story-first, 4–6 have moderate elements, and 7–10 flag heavily agenda-driven content. Learn more about our methodology →
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