Army, Media Need Better Coordination

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Mutual 'Knowledge' of the functional structures is a must. Secondly,
'national interest' must not be used as a smokescreen to compromise
society's 'right to know' versus information given on a 'need-to-know
basis'. Today there are 53 news channels and 2,200 dailies and exclusivity
of news is a norm. "Hence, a joint press conference treating the media as a
monolith is not adequate. 'Information' has to be fed through new channels
to the scoop-hungry media. For greater 'transparency', the Army needs to
introspect on issues of human rights violations by their personnel
particularly in counter-insurgency operations, and not overreact on negative
reportage.

Source:
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/articleshow/604030.cms