CNN Contributor Posts Free Beacon Intern’s Private Information Online

While CNN’s latest motto is “Facts First,” a contributor to the Zucker collective further illustrated the network's juvenile approach to news when Yale University lecturer and former FBI agent Asha Rangappa doxed Alex Nester, an intern with our friends at the Washington Free Beacon. As a result, Nester's email and phone number were made public, leading to a deluge of harassment. Nester's supposed crime? She dared to email Rangappa to request comment on what was an astounding self-own as Rangappa trying to attack former U.N. Ambassador Nikki Haley for both her Indian heritage (of which the two share), going by her middle name, and stating at the RNC that "America is not a racist country" As a result, Rangappa received a warning from Twitter for her repugnant smear against the recent Hillsdale College grad. Rangappa's began down the path toward the pit of misery when she condemned Haley for using her middle name instead of her first name “Nimrata.” But get this: Rangappa herself goes by her middle name. Nonetheless, the CNNer claimed that meant Haley “ditched her ethic-sounding name” in favor of a more common name to those not of Indian heritage, implying Haley was avoiding racism in this supposedly awful country. Writing a story for the Free Beacon about Rangappa going after Haley, Nester began receiving harassing messages after the CNN analyst tweeted out an email from Nester to her 630,000 followers. Here's an except of the email (minus her contact information): One of your senior law school lecturers, Asha Rangappa, implied in a tweet that America is racist because Nikki Haley, former UN ambassador, goes by her middle name instead of her first name, Nimrata. I was wondering if you had any comment on the matter -- specifically if you think this was an appropriate tweet for a professor who, according to this website, also goes by her middle name. Feel free to respond in a call or email. “So @FreeBeacon has now contacted my employer to BREAK THE STORY that I go by my middle name, just like Nikki,” Rangappa snarled. This “is the important news during the RNC (Feel free to respond to Alex.),” she stated sarcastically while including an image of the email. Haley responded by tweeting: “It is a disgrace that @CNN and @Yale promote someone who would bully & attack a 22-year old just because she rightly called out her error. I’m proud of @alexnester2020 for using the power of her voice & having courage to accurately report hypocrisy." Nester told FoxNews.com's Brian Flood in a story about what took place that “I stand by my story, and my reporting speaks for itself, as does Asha's tweet." Haley responded by tweeting: “It is a disgrace that @CNN and @Yale promote someone who would bully & attack a 22-year old just because she rightly called out her error. I’m proud of @alexnester2020 for using the power of her voice & having courage to accurately report hypocrisy." The professor then angrily complained: “Twitter made me delete the tweet of the public-facing contact form I posted of the @FreeBeacon intern who presented herself as a reporter.” “Getting a Twitter warning felt like the first time I got detention as a senior in high school!” she added.

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