White House criticizes harassment of reporter who asked Modi about human rights record
Biden administration officials on Monday criticized an online harassment campaign targeting a Wall Street Journal reporter who questioned Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi about his government's human rights record during a House press conference. White last week."It is completely unacceptable and is antithetical to the very principles of democracy that ... were on display last week during the state visit," National Security Council spokesman John Kirby said of the online attack targeting White House reporter Sabrina Siddiqui.White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre later added that "we are committed to press freedom" and "we condemn any attempt to intimidate or harass…
