Politico Edits Ben Carson Hit Piece, Drops Claims of ‘Fabrication’

Breitbart ^ | October 6, 2015 | Staff

[Cincinatus' Wife]

Politico has rewritten the headline, lede, and several portions of the text of an article accusing Ben Carson of "fabricating" part of his personal biography involving the Military Academy at West Point.

The story, bearing the byline of reporter Kyle Cheney, now omits the original version's declarations that Carson's statements were false or fraudulent, as seen in an archive of the article.

[Parley Baer]

Backtracking all ready. Looks like the alternative media is getting more powerful.

[traderrob6]

PoliticRAP does it yet again.

[Carry_Okie]

Let’s hope they have a good insurance policy. /s

[Cincinatus' Wife]

http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/press-trashes-politico-scoop-on-ben-carson/article/2575827

The website Politico thought it caught the retired neurosurgeon red-handed, but others think the Arlington, Va., based publication rushed to judgment.

Kyle Cheney of Politico wrote that the Carson campaign “admitted that a central point in his inspirational personal story was fabricated: his application and acceptance into the U.S. Military Academy at West Point.” Cheney fingered Carson’s book Gifted Hands as evidence of the GOP front-runner’s misdeeds.

But that story seemed to unravel soon after it came out, as other journalists began to point out that the book does not make any mention of Carson having applied to West Point, nor being accepted into the institution.......

http://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2015/11/06/politico-shock-claim-carson-admits-fabricating-west-point-scholarship/

...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.

http://www.redstate.com/2015/11/06/politico-outright-lies-ben-carson/

I’ve been critical-harshly so-of Ben Carson’s campaign for the Presidency. But bullcrap is bullcrap, and this Politico story purporting to prove that Ben Carson’s campaign admitted to “fabricating” a story about his admission to West Point is absolute bullcrap. It definitely exposes one error on Ben Carson’s point in his retelling of an alleged conversation with General William Westmoreland-but Politico’s errors in its reporting are far more egregious, inexcusable, and intentional than anything they have uncovered with respect to Carson so far....

http://dailycaller.com/2015/11/06/limbaugh-friday-november-sixth-is-the-assassination-attempt-of-ben-carson-by-the-media-video/

Limbaugh: ‘Friday, November Sixth Is The Assassination Attempt Of Ben Carson’ By The Media [VIDEO]

[detective]

Politico is trying to cover up its lies. Carson and the other candidates need to emphasize the dishonesty of the MSM.

Trump also needs to recognize he was wrong in repeating the story and apologize.

[GilGil]

Wow! Carson shows what he is made of.

Carson is the master.

Politico is the lackey servant relegated to shoveling manure.

[ifinnegan]

Politico was able to do an in depth investigation and confirm what Carson has always said - that he didn’t apply to West Point.

They also confirmed a Westmoreland visit and event in Detroit that Carson would have attended - when I think their whole idea was to prove that false.

These guys are great journalists.

[Kevin in California]

Sue these POS’s.

[tumblindice]

https://www.law.cornell.edu/supremecourt/text/376/254

[Pretending we’re still a nation of laws and not men. US v. Nixon (1974)]

[South40]

Politico used the Dan Rather/See-BS method of “reporting”. Throw it out there (ring the bell) then challenge others to prove it isn’t true, and when and if they do the bell has already been rung.

[Pietro]

"Backtracking all ready"

Still. they got their lie out there and caused damaged to the Doc amongst the LIV.

[birdsman]

“Trump also needs to recognize he was wrong in repeating the story and apologize.”

Trump admitting to a mistake? Apologizing? ROFL

[EQAndyBuzz]

Article served its purpose. It exposed Trump.

Trump is done. This won’t go away. Add tomorrow nights planned debacle on SNL and by mid week Trump’s numbers will drop through the floor. Add in Rubio’s lovefest with the establishment, This has Karl Rove written all over it.

[Cincinatus' Wife]

Remember this doofus?

"It's hard to imagine how the Politico's Kyle Cheney could have written up his Thursday story about the government's dissatisfaction with soon to be (but not yet) former prime HealthCare.gov contractor CGI with a straight face. But it appears that he did.

The opening sentence of Cheney's report is an absolute howler. When you read it after the jump, keep in mind that the firm worked on HealthCare.gov for well over a year before its October 1 debut, and that it was obvious to everyone within hours of its launch that the web site's construction had been horribly botched. So guess when the government wants us to believe it finally figured out that CGI wasn't up to its assigned tasks?.... Politico's Kyle Cheney Swallows Obama Fiction on When It Figured Out CGI's Healthcare.gov Failure

[chris37]

It looks like Politico has egg all over it’s face on this one, and I am not a Carson supporter.

Seems like they tried to be too slick.

I think Trump made a mistake by jumping into it too.

When the MSM is involved, better to wait and be safe than sorry. Chances are the MSM is lying. He should know that.

Anyway, it will be interesting to see how he handles this, Carson handled it well, and Politico should be shut down IMO.

[Responsibility2nd]

Too little. Too late. The damage has been done.

It’s getting where any idiot blogger can post a pack of lies.

What pisses me off is FReepers who ought to know better. If I fired off an angry reply on the main thread

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3357149/posts

to every FReeper who swallowed the load and called Carson a liar, or an idiot or worse - I’d still be over there correcting people.

[Arm_Bears]

Can’t unring a bell, though.

[tumblindice]

At minimum a written apology. Politico doesn’t have much of a reputation to salvage, at least here.

[ground_fog]

Damage done..all over the radio today..not a word on the retraction..this is how they do it..its about the charge