Saturday, November 7, 2015

Politico drops claim of "fabrication" from its Carson hit piece

Breitbart
GOP Presidential Candidate Ben Carson Takes Book Tour To Florida

. . . "Later on, the original draft states: “When presented with this evidence, Carson’s campaign conceded the story was false.”

"The updated story has amended this story to: “When presented by POLITICO with these facts, Carson’s campaign conceded he never applied.”

"Politico has taken a drubbing on social media and from outlets on the left and right since the original article was published and subsequently questioned on Friday morning.

"As Breitbart News Senior Editor-at-Large Ben Shapiro characterized the backlash:

Politico went for a hit and came up short. In the end, they stepped on a rake. Carson, whose campaign is largely built around bashing the media as biased attack machines for the left, will emerge not only unscathed, but stronger.
Actually, as it turns out, Politico’s story was false.   "First off, Carson’s story wasn’t false. Here is Carson’s recollection of events from Gifted Hands:" . . .

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