We will have to agree to disagree. I think Cruz did the right thing to apologize once it was clear that the original report was in error, but to share breaking information that is relevant was not improper.
Think about it from the other direction. What if the news WAS correct and Carson was planning on quitting right after the caucus. As a Carson voter, wouldn't you want to know that before you cast your vote and maybe use your vote to support one of the candidates staying in the race? Wouldn't you at least want that option?
How can you rationalize or equivocate this dirty trick. If Carson wanted his votes to go to Cruz he would have announced it. Say a prayer tonight and ask the Lord's if it was right.
But Cruz embellished the ‘breaking information’, to make it sound like Carson was leaving.
For one who is supposedly not part of the establishment, he sure jumped on something from the establishment media without checking. A simple call to Carson would’ve been easy. Carson’s wife was also present at one of the caucuses, and disputed what the Cruz spokesperson was spreading. Once she did that, word could’ve gotten to all of the Cruz campaign to stop that tactic - if they had wanted to.
Cruz did apologize - because he was caught. Too little, too late to help Dr. Carson.