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)This report deals with the People's Bank documentation that details the pledge "overstatements"--this isn't about rumor or innuendo, it is about what was written on paperwork signed by the college president and CFO.
Again--they are all about DOCUMENTS--not rumor, not innuendo, but source material, like this:
LOAN AGREEMENT
http://www.documentcloud.org/documents/2401607-loan-agreement-2010-with-burlington-college.html
AUDIT REPORT, signed as an accurate representation by Jane Sanders
http://www.documentcloud.org/documents/2401609-bc-documents-certs-reps-and-audit-reports-re.html
They provide these documents to the public--you can read them and come to your own conclusions. The reporting has a goal of explaining the documents, and you are free to check their work and send in a correction, if you'd like.
As for the slam on the reporter's bona fides, if you look at the "about" page of VT DIGGER, their focus is on accurate information and they don't have a problem with their reporters working outside their designated wheelhouse. Further, if you look at Morgan True's resume, you'd learn that he has no shortage of experience (at some credible New England publications, too) covering political and other issues:
Morgan True is VTDigger's health care reporter. A Seattle native, he graduated from Boston University with a Bachelor of Science in Journalism before working for several publications in Massachusetts. He came to VTDigger in December 2013 from The Brockton Daily Enterprise, where he covered government, schools and hospitals in a city of about 100,000 people. Before joining The Enterprise, he worked for The Associated Press in Concord, N.H., where he served as a relief reporter in the Statehouse. He previously worked for The Quincy (Mass.) Patriot Ledger and as an intern at the Worcester (Mass.) Telegram & Gazette.