. @NYTLiz — enough. I know you’re digging in the depths and hunting for information at a disproportionate level. The online trolls have already written volumes of fiction about me being a “honeypot” and whatever other basement-grade conspiracies are trending this week. I know you don’t like me, but I didn’t think you’d be on par with the online vigilantes. Back in the real world, maybe pause the intimidation tour of the 30+ people in my life you’ve cold-called so far. I would suggest revisiting your own NYT ethics guidelines — the part about not “inquiring pointlessly into someone’s personal life” or digging into “particularly private or personal information.” That should cover kindergarten music teachers, cousins’ mothers-in-law, and, for good measure, my dead grandfather’s friend’s children’s children. This isn’t reporting - it’s obsession. I genuinely hope your two sons — who are roughly my age — never have to experience the kind of stalking and harassment that comes from a journalist who decides that someone’s distant personal life is fair game because it doesn’t align with her obvious bias. Your quote about victims of harassment: “Does our right to free speech protect spreading lies about vulnerable people that result in horrific abuse to those people?” When lies escalate to the point that a private citizen appears in the same indictment as threats against the President and the Vice President, the danger is no longer theoretical. This is the cost of irresponsible reporting. And let’s be honest: no one’s reading The Times for investigative journalism anymore - everyone knows it survives mostly on Wordle anyway.