If CNN reports "Carson isn't going to NH/SC", you're free to draw your own conclusion.
It's not a stretch...
Sure.
Everyone is free to draw their own conclusions.
Even the wrong conclusion.
And everyone is also free to act or not act upon said conclusions.
Caution is wise, because if you draw the wrong conclusion, and then spread that erroneous conclusion to voters while they are voting, and advise those voters to change their vote based upon your erroneous conclusion, and then don’t fire the people involved, you look like Ted Cruz now looks.
Oops.