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Article: Media a powerful tool to counter terror: reforms panel
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- The Hindustan Times
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- September 16, 2008
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New Delhi, Sept. 16 -- The media in all its manifestations is a powerful tool for countering terrorism and the government should leverage this to its advantage, a reforms panel said Tuesday.
"The potential of the media in spreading education and awareness needs to be tapped to build the capacity of citizens in dealing with any public disorder, particularly terrorism violence," the Administrative Reforms Commission said in its eighth report titled Combating Terrorism.
"An informed and engaged media that is not restricted, manipulated or overly regulated can better appreciate the imperatives of the administration in its ...