2016 Postmortem
In reply to the discussion: Did Bernie's wife commit a felony when she secured a loan for Burlington College? [View all]MADem
(135,425 posts)She is not a private citizen--she is a campaign staffer.
This article was written about Jane Sanders, political advisor and aide to her husband, Bernie Sanders, who was also working in a very PUBLIC capacity as the President of Burlington College up until her hasty and unpredicted early departure from that institution.
We're not talking about someone sitting at home dusting the knick-knacks. She was running a school in the town where her husband served as Mayor, and fucking it up spectacularly, too.
And VT Digger? They're being quoted in major dailies. Why? Because they SOURCE their work. None of this "Some people say" stuff--they name names. If you read the piece, you'd see. They QUOTE people. They NAME them. Their work stands up because of this.