Aussie reporter harassed on camera following Melbourne protest
A shocking video has emerged showing a Channel 9 journalist being harassed by onlookers following a protest in Melbourne.
A shocking video has emerged showing an Australian female journalist being harassed by onlookers in Melbourne.
The video was posted onto the Facebook page of a well-known anti-vaxxer and was also later shared on Twitter, where it was widely condemned.
Channel 9 reporter Shuba Krishnan was presenting from the stairs of Parliament House in Melbourne at the end of a protest, along with her cameraman, when two men walked over and interrupted them.
“What’s this story about, paedophiles or Daniel Andrews selling out the Australian government,” the first man said.
The other man, who is yet to be identified, stood silently behind the reporter with his hands on his hips, making Ms Krishnan visibly uncomfortable.
She then requested him to stand in front of her and to “respect her personal space”.
Tough blokes these cvnts - harassing a female journo, getting in her personal space, calling her âloveâ, banging on her window pic.twitter.com/0y4AdeI6zu
— SOS (@SOS149) February 4, 2023
The men then started talking about vaccines and “telling the truth to the Australian people”.
When the cameraman started packing up to leave, the men encouraged the duo to stay.
“You can do your story too here can’t you?” the first man asked.
As they walked away, he asked the female reporter: “What’s your name, where you going?”
She didn’t respond.
What a tool, impressing absolutely no one with that display - handled extremely well by my former colleague @ShubaSKrishnan who is okay. https://t.co/wgwhVBWagL
— Naveen Razik (@naveenjrazik) February 4, 2023
“You want to do a f***ing story for the Australian people, why don’t you stop telling lies to the Australian people Channel 9,” he continued.
“ … Who pays your wages, is it Pfizer or is it the Daniel Andrews sell out?”
He then expressed his anger about the vaccine to the cameraman as he loaded his equipment into the boot of his car.
“You lied to the people and you coerced people into getting the death shot, who you work for.”
He then asked if the cameraman had any children.
Once the cameraman went inside the car, their attention turned back to the female reporter. They started banging on the window and asking for her number, putting their phone right up to the car window to record inside.
“F*** off you dogs,” they can be heard saying as the reporter and cameraman drive off, in a version of the video posted onto Facebook.
News.com.au contacted Channel 9 for comment.