The media attacks on him are based basically on his autobiography which was written long before he had any interest in politics. His point apparently was that, until he found God, he was a lost soul. That afterward, his life turned around and he became a rather renowned doctor.
The claim that he was never offered a scholarship at West Point doesn’t come from any great journalistic investigation, it comes from his biography where he says he did not apply. He was told by army folks that, based on his ROTC record he could get an appointment to the academy if he wanted it, but he didn’t want it. He states clearly he only applied at one college, and thats the one he went to.
When Mika finds the Lord she’ll understand what he was trying in his biography to tell her.
If the biography was sole source of info, you would both be right. Unbeknownst to many, Carson also wrote about the slot he was offered directly from West point three months ago on his Facebook page.