The CNN report about Cruz’s apology (at http://www.cnn.com/2016/02/02/politics/ted-cruz-ben-carson-apology/index.html ) said:
“One day after winning the Iowa caucuses, Cruz issued an apology to Carson after his staff falsely told Iowa caucusgoers that Carson planned to quit the race, calling it a “mistake.”
Cruz said in a statement Tuesday that his campaign staff saw a CNN report that Carson was dropping out, although CNN had not characterized Carson’s actions that way......
CNN reported that the retired neurosurgeon planned to go home to Florida after the Iowa caucuses, rather than flying straight to New Hampshire or South Carolina, where the next primary contests are held.?”
First, a Freeper received the email from the Cruz campaign but didn’t see it until AFTER the caucus, as was probably the case with a bunch of people. He posted it at http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/3391674/posts?page=242#242 . The claim was that CNN had said Carson would stop campaigning after Iowa, not that he was quitting the race. And this CNN clip does have them saying he was not going to go to NH or SC but was going to go to the prayer breakfast in DC on Thursday.
Second, CNN is saying they hadn’t characterized this as indicating that Carson was dropping out. But this video clip shows they were VERY MUCH characterizing it that way.
Third, their reports did NOT talk about Carson going to FL instead of going DIRECTLY to NH or SC. That comment in this article suggests that CNN is claiming CArson IS going to NH or SC once he’s been in FL for a bit, when their report actually said that he was NOT GOING to NH or SC at all.
CNN is busted on all this.
When did CNN have an on-air correction? And when have they apologized to Carson, Cruz, and all the IA caucus-goers? Seems to me like they are, instead, lying to try to cover up what they did.
CNN was sending out false or at least misleading info.
Cruz COULD HAVE called Carson directly or his people. Instead, he ran with the lie because it was useful.
Carson’s own wife was at one caucus where it was announced Carson was dropping out. She corrected them.
It was a dirty trick but perhaps those on the ground didn’t know what the truth was.
Everyone wants to win and can justify doing anything to get there. Remember CREEP?