Two journalists were surrounded and attacked at the starting point of yesterday's pro-government march in Victoria Park, Now TV's news channel reported. It was just one incident in which the crowd targeted the media.
Following the attack, police said a 61-year-old was arrested for assaulting a 31-year-old man.
Chan Ching-sum, convenor of the march organiser Caring Hong Kong Power, claimed biased political reporting in the media had provoked the attack.
She said: "Some media are not neutral enough, so Hongkongers can tolerate no more."
Reporter Chau Chi-wing and cameraman Lau Ka-wo were covering the event for Now TV when 12 people waiting for the rally to start surrounded them.
"When [they] were interviewing one participant, other people joining the march became emotional," Now TV said. "The two reporters assigned to the site were conducting normal reporting activities.