Russian President Vladimir Putin has come out against parts of an anti-terror bill that would drastically restrict media reporting of militant attacks, a newspaper reported on Wednesday. Putin had told parliament he feared the section of the bill relating to journalists reporting of such attacks violated Russia's existing press law, the respected Vedomosti daily said. The bill, that has already passed the first of three readings in the State Duma (lower house), would bar publication of graphic scenes of violence and restrict journalists' access to the scene of militant strikes. The bill followed criticism of the media's actions during the Beslan hostage crisis in September, when more than 330 people died. Officials said journalists showed no restraint in publishing graphic pictures of dead and injured people. Journalists in turn said official spokesmen at the scene lied about the number of hostages and the militants' demands, and were forced to seek information from unofficial sources -- something the new law would make illegal.