From ‘Godi media’ taunts to assault: The reporters caught in Jantar Mantar’s anger

Newslaundry · Jul 22, 2026

Four days after a young NDTV reporter covered the CJP protest at Jantar Mantar, her mother was surrounded in a neighbourhood park by people demanding to know why her daughter had lied.They had watched a viral video of the journalist and told the mother: “Why did your daughter lie? She is a liar, Godi media.”By then, the reporter had already spent days absorbing worse. A group told her at the protest site: “Pimp, pig, you sleep with your father, your mother is …”. Online, she received rape threats and death threats. She has since taken leave from work. According to a source close to her, she…