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How we’re helping local reporters turn important stories into national news | Gangadhar Patil

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  1. VinayKanthRao Kodipelly

    October 31, 2019 at 2:05 pm

    Brilliant idea. This idea would go places if you ensure these 1200 or more reporters are completely unbiased with strong determination. I have personally seen so many local reporters taking money to write propaganda news.

  2. Hiền Phan Văn

    October 31, 2019 at 2:07 pm

    Very good

  3. Scientist Alif Froomey

    October 31, 2019 at 2:10 pm

    Yeah right! Wait until Trump argues and shouts at the successful reporters. That will be the most national news ever!

    • Super Saber

      October 31, 2019 at 2:21 pm

      Trump could google global population count and get 1.8 billion Muslims in the world. 1% of 1.8 billion = 18 million. If 1% of Muslims were “out to get us” we would have had 18 million attacks on civilians instead of less than 100 in the past 20 years. There. I just disproved ALL global media for the past 20 years. A 12 year old could do it but apparently ALL global media houses can’t do 3rd grade math and can 100% exclusively do hate & fear propaganda leading to WW3. Disgusting.

  4. B uppy

    October 31, 2019 at 2:11 pm

    Love grass roots movements. This was an interesting talk.

  5. Krunoslav Stifter

    October 31, 2019 at 2:13 pm

    Let me get this strait, a guy on TED is telling us about err…. what’s the word “journalism”. HA! Good one. TED could not find story outside it’s own ideological bubble even if it tried. Call me when there are some actual ideas worth spreading even if they are politically incorrect. A TED Fellow is going to teach us how big media companies are bad and he is the light. Behold. HA! Good one. Sorry fellow, I’m running out of cynicism. And you have your TED brand to thank for that.

    • ramblings adrift

      October 31, 2019 at 2:31 pm

      Your total ignorance is amazing. You might prosper outside of YOUR bubble You wouldn’t be able to comprehend real journalism if it came in a think & do activity booklet. Great form of hypocrisy displayed here.

    • Super Saber

      October 31, 2019 at 2:59 pm

      Get this straight: Start by teaching global mass media extremely simple math. 1.8 billion Muslims in the world. 1% of 1.8 billion = 18 million. If 1% of Muslims were “out to get us” we would have had 18 million attacks on civilians instead of less than 100 in the past 20 years. There. I just disproved ALL global media for the past 20 years. A 12 year old could do it but apparently ALL global media houses can’t do 3rd grade math.
      Kind regards, an atheist with at least half a brain (that’s all you need to see through fake news)
      PS. I will repeatedly write this comment as a main post and as an answer to MANY other comments because apparently fighting fake news with 100% indisputable facts is against Sabbatean Frankist policies and 99% of these comments on ANY youtube video will be deleted in a matter of seconds/minutes. Absolutely disgusting.

    • Pepe Stock is Soaring

      October 31, 2019 at 9:53 pm

      @Super Saber Mohammad (piss be upon him) raped a 9 year old

    • flex capacitor

      November 1, 2019 at 11:29 pm

      @Super Saber Collective punishment is a form of retaliation whereby a suspected perpetrator’s family members, friends, acquaintances, sect, neighbors or entire ethnic group is targeted. The punished group may often have no direct association with the other individuals or groups, or direct control over their actions. In times of war and armed conflict, collective punishment has resulted in atrocities, and is a violation of the laws of war and the Geneva Conventions.

  6. Super Saber

    October 31, 2019 at 2:20 pm

    Cool. Please start by teaching global mass media extremely simple math. 1.8 billion Muslims in the world. 1% of 1.8 billion = 18 million. If 1% of Muslims were “out to get us” we would have had 18 million attacks on civilians instead of less than 100 in the past 20 years. There. I just disproved ALL global media for the past 20 years. A 12 year old could do it but apparently ALL global media houses can’t do 3rd grade math.

  7. Super Saber

    October 31, 2019 at 2:24 pm

    Cool. Please start by teaching global mass media extremely simple math. 1.8 billion Muslims in the world. 1% of 1.8 billion = 18 million. If 1% of Muslims were “out to get us” we would have had 18 million attacks on civilians instead of less than 100 in the past 20 years. There. I just disproved ALL global media for the past 20 years. A 12 year old could do it but apparently ALL global media houses can’t do 3rd grade math.
    Kind regards, an atheist with at least half a brain (that’s all you need to see through fake news)
    PS. I will repeatedly write this comment as a main post and as an answer to MANY other comments because apparently fighting fake news with 100% indisputable facts is against Sabbatean Frankist policies and 99% of these comments on ANY youtube video will be deleted in a matter of seconds/minutes. Absolutely disgusting.

  8. Super Saber

    October 31, 2019 at 2:25 pm

    Cool. Please start by teaching global mass media extremely simple math. 1.8 billion Muslims in the world. 1% of 1.8 billion = 18 million. If 1% of Muslims were “out to get us” we would have had 18 million attacks on civilians instead of less than 100 in the past 20 years. There. I just disproved ALL global media for the past 20 years. A 12 year old could do it but apparently ALL global media houses can’t do 3rd grade math.
    Kind regards, an atheist with at least half a brain (that’s all you need to see through fake news)
    PS. I will repeatedly write this comment as a main post and as an answer to MANY other comments because apparently fighting fake news with 100% indisputable facts is against Sabbatean Frankist policies and 99% of these comments on ANY youtube video will be deleted in a matter of seconds/minutes. Absolutely disgusting.

  9. YouAndImpact

    October 31, 2019 at 2:33 pm

    Amazing Initiative! I hope it will bring the much-needed revolution in the Media and News Network initiatives. ????????

  10. White Man

    October 31, 2019 at 3:07 pm

    Notice only the far left ‘journalists’ are being helped. Right wing journalists are continued to be censored and de-platformed.

  11. skyer0202 ・3億年前

    October 31, 2019 at 3:10 pm

    インド人の英語聴きにくいな

  12. Jason T Stevens

    October 31, 2019 at 3:17 pm

    “swamp rats” (BASKIN THE RAT-SKIN) = fake Jews…. say it ALREADY ????….IT IS THE TRUTH OF GOD. ????????

  13. Optical Clarity

    October 31, 2019 at 3:27 pm

    Wow are they reporting actual stories instead of just making up things and Reporting propaganda because that’d be great

  14. VytautasLDK

    October 31, 2019 at 3:44 pm

    TED: How we modernize news network to make high quality news accessible for everyone
    TEDx: How I found out that my cat is transgender

    Yep… Ideas worth sharing..

    • Jack Jones

      October 31, 2019 at 4:16 pm

      Don’t confuse leftist social activism with free-press news.

  15. Jeni Watkins

    October 31, 2019 at 4:04 pm

    How about teaching ALL journalist to be unbiased and stop the leftists propoganda BS!?! Start giving us real news from a neutral view point! THAT would be far better than this

  16. Scot Fretwell

    October 31, 2019 at 4:11 pm

    Too many victim studies graduates in modern media.

  17. Divya Murugesan

    October 31, 2019 at 4:40 pm

    Good initiative. ????????

  18. Dare To Be Better

    October 31, 2019 at 5:07 pm

    I truly think Stories is a very powerful tool to create an impact in the world. I’m not a journalist nor a writer but i aspire to be a great story teller.

  19. Drew Saluk

    October 31, 2019 at 7:06 pm

    A system where important stories don’t go unnoticed? I wish we had this in America

  20. Jack D'Ripa

    October 31, 2019 at 7:39 pm

    TED is rapidly going downhill & barrel scraping.????

    • Jack D'Ripa

      October 31, 2019 at 8:44 pm

      @Truthful Chap don’t be so racist or patronising either!
      Go lose the chip off your shoulder & be pretentious somewhere else.

  21. 20alphabet

    October 31, 2019 at 7:50 pm

    Apparently you are NOT helping.

  22. helena russel

    October 31, 2019 at 9:28 pm

    democracy in India is a delusional.. it doesn’t work.. no body wants to be like India..

  23. 我是阿黑酱 Mitchell

    November 1, 2019 at 12:07 am

    印度人的英语我真的听不懂……

  24. BiTaNo

    November 1, 2019 at 6:48 am

    nice, thank you

  25. ali faris

    November 1, 2019 at 1:42 pm

    أتمنى ترجمته إلى اللغة العربية

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