# RTVE journalist confrontation controversy > Live situation record from CLSTR: https://clstr.news/situations/rtve-journalist-confrontation-controversy > Updated: 2026-08-31T00:00:00.000Z. Sources: 10. Developments: 2. An incident involving an RTVE reporting team during a demonstration has led to conflicting accounts of the event. Initially, reports indicated that Julia Menéndez, a reporter for the Spanish public broadcaster, was assaulted by Toni Estévez, a spokesperson for the group Reconquista, during a far-right protest in Barcelona. The attack reportedly involved physical strikes against the team and a microphone belonging to the program ‘Malas Lenguas’. Presenter Jesús Cintora characterized the aggression as intentional. Subsequent scrutiny emerged following the circulation of alternative video footage. While the program initially framed the incident as an attack by ‘nazis’ and called for police action, social media footage suggested a heated confrontation where the reporter was seen demanding, ‘Don’t film me!’ while engaging with a woman filming her. Critics have questioned the program’s narrative of ‘ultra aggression’, alleging the reporter’s conduct may have been intimidatory toward others covering related issues in Ceuta. ## Timeline ### 2026-08-31: RTVE journalist faces scrutiny over disputed confrontation video RTVE’s ‘Malas Lenguas’ faces criticism after video footage appeared to contradict its report of a journalist being attacked by extremists during a demonstration in Madrid. 2 sources. https://clstr.news/cluster/rtve-journalist-faces-scrutiny-over-disputed-confrontation-video ### 2026-08-23: RTVE reporter assaulted during far-right protest in Barcelona RTVE reporter Julia Menéndez was assaulted by Reconquista spokesperson Toni Estévez during a far-right demonstration in Barcelona. 8 sources. https://clstr.news/cluster/rtve-reporter-assaulted-during-far-right-protest-in-barcelona --- Cite as: RTVE journalist confrontation controversy. CLSTR, https://clstr.news/situations/rtve-journalist-confrontation-controversy