Listen 5 min Comment on this story Comment Gift Article ShareThe White House is defending a Wall Street Journal reporter who has faced online harassment since asking Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi a question about human rights during his state visit last week. The harassment has included threats, slurs and baseless accusations that Siddiqui asked the question out of political bias. On Monday, White House officials decried the harassment of the reporter. She then asked a similar question of Modi. Tamara Keith, president of the White House Correspondents’ Association, called the harassment unacceptable and said the organization stood by Siddiqui and the questions she chose to ask.

Source: Wall Street Journal June 28, 2023 17:49 UTC