POLITICO stands by its story on Carson's West Point claims

[thereisnospoon]

Editor’s note: POLITICO stands by its reporting on this story, which has been updated to reflect Ben Carson’s on the record response. The original story and headline said that Carson’s campaign had admitted he"fabricated" a "full scholarship" from West Point, but now Carson denies that his campaign’s statement constituted such an admission, and the story and headline were changed to reflect that. POLITICO’s reporting established that Carson said he received a "full scholarship" from West Point, in writing and in public appearances over the years — but in fact he did not and there is actually no such thing as a "full scholarship" to the taxpayer-funded academy. And today in response to POLITICO he acknowledged for the first time that was not the case. Carson never explicitly wrote that he had applied for admission to West Point, although that was the clear implication of his claim to have received an offer of a "full scholarship," a point that POLITICO’s initial report should have made clear.

Read more: Exclusive: Carson claimed West Point 'scholarship' but never applied - POLITICO

Politico has merely updated its story to reflect new information - but stands by its original story.

Dan Rather decide to stand by his story on GW Bush's military record. How'd that work out for Rather?
Of course political issued this statement. Its an example of the media making up a huge lie then using the blanket of the First Amendment under which to hide.
The top is already off the can and the worms have escaped.
Politico is dead.

 

[Little-Acorn]

17 year old kids contemplating going to college, and trying to figure out how to pay for it all, quickly find that a lot of them offer "scholarships" to deserving students who worked hard and produced top grades.
They also get told that the military academies offer a solid education and pay your way all the way through, every dime of it, for every student. And they say, "Wow, what a great scholarship that is!"
And Democrats come along and say they are lying.

No, we're just saying that Carson was lying by the way he worded his story.

See?

 

[Lakhota]

I hope Uncle Ben doesn't stab anyone tonight.