"Busy talking about Aishwarya's dress and Virat's boundary, press won't talk jobs." Rahul Gandhi shared a searing message for India's news channels.
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00:00Look at the clothes that Aishwarya Rai is wearing.
00:02Look at what Shahrukh Khan has said.
00:04Look at how Virat Kohli has shocked the public.
00:06Their job is to distract the attention of the public.
00:30I spoke to our friends in the press.
00:37We raise the issue in front of them.
00:41We tell them to raise the issues of the public.
00:46No, we tell them to raise the issues of the public.
00:50Talk about unemployment.
00:53We tell them to talk about unemployment.
00:56Talk about farmers.
01:00Talk about labourers.
01:02And they say, look at the clothes that Aishwarya Rai is wearing.
01:10We say, look at what Shahrukh Khan has said.
01:17We say, we should forgive the loan.
01:23They say, look at how well the cricket match went.
01:29We say, look at how Virat Kohli has shocked the public.
01:34Their job is to distract the attention of the public.
01:46Their real job is that of democracy.
01:50The work that we do in Lok Sabha and Vidhan Sabha.
01:55Their real job is that.
01:58Don't think that I am badmouthing them.
02:02They are not at fault.
02:08They are not at fault.
02:12They are being controlled.
02:18Look, they are smiling.
02:21They are being told, look, the Bharat Jodo Yatra is going on.
02:27Don't say anything about it, don't even say it by mistake.
02:34But it is not their fault.
02:36Because the controller is not in their hands.
02:39Like you think at night, brother, you watch TV.
02:44And you think, brother, the channels will change.
02:48The channels will change.
02:51On the first channel, Modiji.
02:53On the second, Modiji.
02:56On the third, Modiji.
02:57On the fourth, Modiji.
02:59On the fifth, Modiji.
03:00On the sixth, Amit Shahji.
03:04Wherever you look, sometimes Amit Shahji, sometimes Yogiji.
03:07Sometimes Shivraj Chauhanji, sometimes Modiji.
03:11Sometimes Aishwarya Rai.
03:15Sometimes Ajay Devgun.
03:18But you won't see the farmer's face, his torn hands on television.
03:25You won't see the farmer's tears on television.