OAN Network broadcasts phone number of NY Times biz reporter

Rachel Abrams

The One America News Network broadcast the phone number of New York Times reporter Rachel Abrams on Thursday, accusing her of harassing the network, reports Thomas Moore of The Hill.

Moore reports, “‘One American news is yet again coming under attack by the hate-filled liberal left,’ the OAN anchor said in the clip, which was also posted to the OAN website. ‘It has been brought to our attention that New York Times reporter Rachel Abrams has been harassing current and former OAN employees.’

“The OAN piece also shared Abrams email, though she lists it herself at the top of her Twitter profile.

“Abrams, who has been with the Times since 2013, did not comment on the piece and instead referred questions to a Times spokesperson.

“‘Journalists should be allowed to do their jobs without harassment. Our reporter will not be intimidated and will continue to follow the facts where they lead,’ a New York Times spokesperson said in an emailed statement.”

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Chris Roush

Chris Roush was the dean of the School of Communications at Quinnipiac University in Hamden, Connecticut. He was previously Walter E. Hussman Sr. Distinguished Professor in business journalism at UNC-Chapel Hill. He is a former business journalist for Bloomberg News, Businessweek, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, The Tampa Tribune and the Sarasota Herald-Tribune. He is the author of the leading business reporting textbook "Show me the Money: Writing Business and Economics Stories for Mass Communication" and "Thinking Things Over," a biography of former Wall Street Journal editor Vermont Royster.