Monday on NBC’s “Today” show, Republican National Committee chair Reince Priebus accused the media of having a “‘vendetta” and a “crazy obsession” with the past of Republican presidential candidate Dr. Ben Carson. When asked if the media should ask the questions, Priebus
Monday on MSNBC’s “Morning Joe,” host Joe Scarborough went after Republican presidential hopeful Ben Carson and accused him of being liar in the wake of alleged discrepancies in his personal story laid out in his autobiography “Gifted Hands.” “So guess what
New Jersey Governor Chris Christie thinks that the questions being asked about Ben Carson’s biography are legitimate, and says the doctor should answer the questions being raised by the mainstream media.
Transgenders, and those supporting transgenders, rallied in the cold and rain in the heart of the LGBT enclave of Montrose in Houston on Saturday. When Breitbart Texas spoke with transgender Olivia Maynard, she immediately exclaimed – “I am obsessed with Breitbart and Matt Drudge!”
Sunday on NBC’s “Meet the Press,” Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) said the aggressive media scrutiny of Republican presidential candidate Dr. Ben Carson is the “reason so many people are turned off to the political process.” When asked if
Sunday on NBC’s “Meet The Press,” MSNBC host Rachel Maddow and conservative talk show host Hugh Hewitt battled over the honestly of Republican presidential candidate Dr. Ben Carson’s autobiography. Hewitt said, “To quote Dr. Kissinger, it has the additional benefit
Kyle D. Cheney, the Politico reporter who wrote last Friday’s discredited hit piece on Republican presidential frontrunner Ben Carson, has a flair for hyperbole, writing about a 2004 arrest: “I was in Guantánamo for 12 Hours.”
Republican presidential candidate Ben Carson traveled to Puerto Rico on Sunday to support the U.S. territory becoming the 51st state, saying that would strengthen the United States.
This week on “Fox News Sunday,” while discussing the media’s coverage of Dr. Ben Carson’s past, Juan Williams said he believes Carson might have embellished and exaggerated like rappers do but the stories of a violent past. Williams said, “This
This week on “Fox News Sunday,” Wall Street Journal columnist Kimberly Strassel said of the media’s coverage of Dr. Ben Carson’s past, “There’s a difference between vetting and vendetta.” When asked if the media scrutiny might help Carson, Strassel said, “I
Sunday on ABC’s “This Week,” while discussing the media vetting his past, Republican presidential candidate Dr. Ben Carson said his rival Donald Trump jumped on the bandwagon rather than “waiting and finding out what the truth is.” Stephanopoulos asked, “It’s
Sunday on NBC’s “Meet the Press,” Republican presidential candidate Dr. Ben Carson said the extra scrutiny his past is under is because he is being targeted by the ”secular progressive movement.” Carson said, “I have always said that I expect to
Sunday on CNN’s “State of the Union,” Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump went after his rival Dr. Ben Carson for the recent media criticisms about his past life stories. Trump said, “It’s a lot of scrutiny, frankly, it’s a lot
Colin Jost said that President Obama can’t handle Vladimir Putin or China and joked about GOP presidential candidate Dr. Ben Carson during the “Weekend Update” segment on NBC’s “Saturday Night Live.” Jost, in reference to President Obama’s comments that Republican
Michael Che made fun of GOP presidential candidates former Florida Governor Jeb Bush, Dr. Ben Carson, and Donald Trump during the “Weekend Update” segment on NBC’s “Saturday Night Live.” Che said that Jeb’s “Jeb can fix it” slogan is true,
Three out of four leading Republican presidential candidates would beat Democrat Hillary Clinton if the election for the White House were held today, a recent poll shows.
HBO host Bill Maher stated conservatives “love their black friend” Republican presidential candidate Dr. Ben Carson on Friday’s “Real Time.” Maher said, “So, on the political front, Ben Carson, now the absolute frontrunner, and getting the scrutiny that the frontrunner
HBO’s “Real Time” host Bill Maher argued that the success of GOP presidential candidates Donald Trump and Dr. Ben Carson proves “Americans are dumb” and need to have longer elections. Maher said, “if you’re following the presidential race, you know
Among a slew of media sources on Friday trying to cast doubt on Dr. Ben Carson’s claims that early in life he turned himself around from a violence-prone childhood, CNN published a piece on Carson that seemed to downplay facts that would substantiate his claims.
Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump stated that fellow Republican presidential candidate Dr. Ben Carson’s story about his violent past and subsequent redemption has “something very strange in it” adding, “You don’t get better. You know what makes you better? Pills
Friday at a press conference, Dr. Ben Carson, a candidate for the 2016 Republican nomination addressed a Politico story that suggested he fabricated parts of his personal story in his autobiography “Gifted Hands” regarding a claim he received a scholarship offer to the
On his Friday radio show, Rush Limbaugh attacked a Politico story published earlier in the day that suggested Republican presidential candidate Ben Carson fabricated parts of his personal story detailed in his autobiography “Gifted Hands,” particularly regarding a claim of receiving
Republican presidential candidate Dr. Ben Carson reacted to questions over his past by the press and criticism lobbed his way by fellow candidate Donald Trump on Friday’s “Sean Hannity Show.” Carson stated that Politico’s story about his past with West
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.
Subsequent events may have loomed larger in Friday’s campaign diary for Dr. Ben Carson, but it’s worth taking a look at the exchange where he supposedly became “angry and combative” on CNN, as Mediate put it. Reporters are hitting Carson with something every Republican candidate should be ready for, as the 2016 campaign unfolds: the latest version of the classic False Choice of liberalism.
