> “I reached out to Laurie to see how I could help,” Calvert responded when I reached out to her. Man, what's with this fascination with "reaching out"? Here w

> “I reached out to Laurie to see how I could help,” Calvert responded when I reached out to her. Man, what's with this fascination with "reaching out"? Here we a sales person targeting victims of addiction for a sales pitch terming it "reaching out", setting up some pretty negative associations of that phrase. Yet the journalist is so conditioned they use the very same words for the process of requesting a comment from one of villains of the story! I guess it's just poor editing, but the blindness is still remarkable!