- Jessica Koscielniak/Sun-Times
- The media know more than we do about the accusations against Dan Rutherford (pictured above).
We like to think of journalism as a simple craft: snoop around, ask questions, find stuff out, and shove it out there for the public to make of it what the public will.
Was this attempted extortion? Was it an attempt to settle a legitimate grievance in a way that wouldn’t embarrass Rutherford? Svenson told the media that she’d been negotiating “on a good-faith basis” with the treasurer’s office and that its attorneys seemed to appreciate her willingness to keep the matter private.
The Sun-Times talked to the employee, who said Svenson would soon file a formal complaint against Rutherford. But the Sun-Times didn’t name the employee. Why? The man “asked that his name not yet be used.”
