Media should deal with extremism cautiously

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UNB, Dhaka :
The media should be careful while running news on violent extremism and work to raise public awareness about the menace, speakers said at a discussion on Thursday.
The observations came from an event titled ‘Round Table Conference on Role of Media for Preventing Violent Extremism and Launching of Media Resource Guide’. It was arranged by USAID and Society for Media and Suitable Human-communication Techniques (SoMaSHTe) at the Centre on Integrated Rural Development for Asia and the Pacific (CIRDAP) auditorium.
Media professionals, academicians and NGO officials shared views on the exposure of extremism in the name of religion and politics.
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