Rubuta ci gaba ga wannan sakin layi - The National ya fara fitowa a talabijin lokacin da suka yi "Fake Empire" a kan "Late Show tare da David Letterman" a ranar 24 ga Yuli, 2007. A cikin jerin shirye-shiryen talabijin "Chuck", waƙar ta bayyana a cikin "Chuck Versus the Break-up" a ranar 13 ga Oktoba, 2008. "Fake Empire" kuma an buga shi a lokacin wasan karshe na wasan kwaikwayo na wasan kwaikwayo na 'yan sanda na NBC "Southland", da kuma a kan wasan karshe da kuma takardun shaida na fim din 2008 "Battle in Seattle". An nuna wani nau'in kayan aikin waƙar a cikin bidiyon yakin neman zaben Barack Obama "Alamar Fata da Canji" a lokacin yakin neman zaben shugabancin Amurka na 2008
, kuma an kuma buga waƙar a Babban Taron Demokradiyya na 2008. Membobin The National sun goyi bayan dan takarar shugaban kasa; sun sanya fuskar Obama a kan T-shirt mai tara kudi tare da rubutun "Mr. Nuwamba", wanda aka karɓa daga sunan waƙar daga kundi na uku na band, "Alligator". A cikin wasan kwaikwayo na farko na kakar wasa ta biyar na jerin shirye-shiryen talabijin na matasa "One Tree Hill", an nuna waƙoƙi da yawa ta The National, gami da "Fake Empire". An kuma nuna shi a cikin Mutum na Sha'awa, a ƙarshen labarin Sotto Voce, kashi na 9 na kakar wasa ta 5. Yanayi na 1 na 6 na Feel Good, jerin Netflix, ya nuna wannan waƙar.