Apologies. I know all of this. I was being fascitious. I agree that there is no ambiguity in how each of them worded their tweets as, "the reporter got a death threat." So unless that letter actually also specified threats against them or they are receiving messages themselves with threats, they are being a bit dramatic and going over board with their freak out.Josie lives on the ranch. "Them" means the reporters were threatened. There is no ambiguity in this sentence.
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