Next Generation Leaders: Dhruv Rathee

Fact-Checking Indian Media Is Tough. Dhruv Rathee Uses Youtube to Do It

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00:00 Namaskar friends, a new issue has been raised in the country for the past few days.

00:07 Often the way you present it makes all the difference.

00:11 If people are angry about it, if people are convinced.

00:14 But I feel like my aim is to just present things as simply as possible.

00:21 Break down complex issues in simple words such that almost everyone can understand that.

00:29 23rd August was the day when Chandrayaan 3 successfully landed.

00:37 I was a teenager, almost everyone knew about YouTube as a platform.

00:52 So I thought I want to do something but I want to do something which is more, you know, gives value to people or is something educational.

01:00 I mean, I didn't really care about what people would want to watch.

01:03 I cared more about what I want to share with people.

01:16 When the initial wave of people started getting WhatsApp and YouTube and all these things,

01:23 people started trusting these sources blindly, just like they trusted the media or the TV channels.

01:29 I feel that the news channels are obviously not doing their job and that's why people come to watch channels like me.

01:36 But this discovery is really very interesting. Let's know and understand in today's video.

01:42 I'm very confident about what I'm saying. I know that I'm saying the truth and it's very clear what the reality is here.

01:52 I feel like it can teach people certain values, the values of tolerance, co-existence and accepting each other's opinions.

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