There’s a very strange Salon piece out today, kinda sorta (?) attacking my reporting about Tara Reade’s check fraud charge from 1993. I’ll make a few points...
I, of course, did not alter the emails I obtained. My source says they did not either & has reached out to the Salon writer, offering to share the entire email exchange in question (which the court official declined to do).
Beyond that, Reade’s attorney is not denying the charge, which a separate report says was dismissed the following month, after Reade paid what she owed. Nor is anyone disputing the authenticity of the document I obtained/provided showing a previous charge had been expunged.
The Salon piece also links to a screenshot of the alleged charge itself, pointing out that I didn’t include it in my story — which is true...because I couldn’t confirm its provenance. I didn’t embed it or link it, unlike the story criticizing my reporting.
Finally, I’m not sure what the conspiracy is supposed to be here. I’m making things up in order to help...Joe Biden? Or to smear Reade, whose allegations I’ve treated fairly and consistently, unlike much of the media? I stand by my report. townhall.com/tipsheet/guybe…
Update: I've obtained further confirmation of the eventually-dismissed/resolved check fraud charge (under CA penal code sec 476(a)a, exactly as I reported) via SLO county's DA office. @Salon's bizarre "dirty tricks" piece mentioned above has no merit and should be retracted.
Welp, looks like their entire story — which featured a “dirty tricks” headline, and an image of my face and the @townhallcom logo — has been deleted.
Sigh. Another update. @Salon has reposted the story with an even more incorrect headline and subhead. My face and @townhallcom’s logo remain featured next to the words “dirty tricks.” Far worse than that... 
...my story is not based on “altered emails.” We didn’t alter anything, but the piece still baselessly wonders if I tampered with the email chain. Our reporting was fair and correct.
The subhead (“no evidence” Reade was charged with check fraud) is also blatantly false, as *confirmed in Salon’s own piece.* DA affirmed the charge, confirming my original reporting. Several problems laid out earlier in this thread also remain intact.
They’ve totally botched this incoherent, conspiratorial hit job & are doubling down, rather than retracting and apologizing. We are evaluating our options at Townhall.
Final update, I hope. Still problems, but this is better.
