Having seen some of the situation in the above post as it unfolded, I find Ms. Costello's behavior in it beneath reprehensible. How she can continue to contact people here, indeed how she can continue to look at herself in the mirror in the morning, is beyond me. Knowing the problems she caused, she has not had the decency to apologize - either on these boards or to the person in question. Apparently she feels that getting a story justifies major damage to the career of an innocent person who is in no way a public figure.

That incident has caused me to decline to speak with reporters in subsequent situations when I otherwise would have. It will take more than a few people posting "she seemed nice when she talked to me" to change my mind.