Charlottesville Protesters Douse Journalists With Urine, Katie Couric Reports

“Hard to keep your cool,” veteran newscaster tweets while covering violent rally at home of her alma mater, UVA

The protesters in Charlottesville, Virginia, clearly have no love for the media.

According to Katie Couric, who is covering the “Unite the Right” rally for her upcoming series on NatGeo, two of her producers “got sprayed with urine” while reporting on the increasingly violent protests Saturday morning. “Lovely. Hard to keep your cool,” she added.

Couric, a graduate of the city’s University of Virginia, posted several short videos of the protests on her social media channels — including clashes between white nationalists and counter-protesters.

Couric also reported on the vehicle that plowed into counter-protesters on Saturday afternoon, killing one and injuring 19 others.

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