Possible evidence. Without knowing exactly what the Cruz people had been told by CNN, we don’t know why they said that Carson would have a “big announcement” next week.
We know that the other things that Cruz’s people said were just reiterating what CNN reported. Did CNN lie? We know that what they reported is being denied by Carson. Does that make CNN’s reports a lie? And if so, then why blame Cruz’s people for giving CNN the benefit of the doubt? To say it is a lie when a person believes the disinformation reported by CNN would make liars out of a lot of people, even though they had no way of knowing it was false information. We could say that Cruz was deceived but I think it is bearing false witness to say outright that he lied, that he used slimy tactics, etc. Yet that is going on right here at FR.
None of us knows exactly what happened, except that CNN gave a report that Carson now says is not true. Cruz’s people passed on that information and urged Carson supporters to consider voting for Cruz instead. Is that slimy?
It’s easy to know what the cnn people said. They broadcast it.