Uh Oh, Was Marco Rubio Guilty in the Ben Carson Dropout Rumor?

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 Written By: Jennifer Burke February 2, 2016


Texas Senator Ted Cruz has been the subject of brutal attacks all day by the Dr. Ben Carson campaign and the media who are excoriating him for something reportedly done by a campaign staffer.

Prior to the beginning of the Iowa Caucus, CNN reporter Chris Moody tweeted that Dr. Carson was leaving the campaign trail to return to Florida for some R&R. He then said that Carson would be in Washington, D.C. for the National Prayer Breakfast, the event that put the renowned retired pediatric neurosurgeon on the political map in 2013 when he bashed Barack Obama’s policies, specifically Obamacare, during his speech.

The Cruz campaign is accused of intentionally using dirty tricks against Carson during the Iowa Caucus. Dr. Carson finished the night with just over nine-percent of the vote. Ted Cruz won the Iowa Caucus with 27.6% of the vote.

Carson accuses Cruz of intentionally trying to undermine his campaign due to the actions of a grassroots leader involved with his campaign. The issue has been framed by many in the media, and the Carson campaign, as Ted Cruz giving a direct order to tell people that Carson was dropping out of the race in order to get more evangelical votes. They have also attempted to lead people to believe that this ‘controversy’ led to Carson’s fourth place finish. That could not be any further from the truth. Dr. Carson has demanded that the grassroots leader be fired.

The one thing not being mentioned is the CNN report which stemmed from an unclear statement sent out by the Carson campaign.

http://politistick.com/uh-oh-was-marco-rubio-guilty-in-the-ben-carson-dropout-rumor/

[GAJohnnie]

Actually there was a picture of the tweets from the Cruz campaign in the news reports and Cruz apologized to Carson for the mistake.

This is a dead issue.

[katzenjammer]

The article spotlights some of the more interesting aspects of campaigning in the age of social media.  Deleted Tweets/Facebook posts, changing profiles, locking accounts, etc. 

It makes me long for the days when "dirty tricks" were more of the stealing lawn signs, and hinting about long ago family connections to communism, variety...  seemed like a much simpler world back then.   

[Scottftlc]

Actually there was a picture of the tweets from the Cruz campaign in the news reports and Cruz apologized to Carson for the mistake.

This is a dead issue.

This is keeping it in the news cycle for an extra turn and putting it in the "quiver" of questions reporters ask to Cruz on the stump in N.H.  It's the game of politics and just asking Cruz a question about it makes the soundbite him talking about his apology.  Working the press.

[Scottftlc]

The article spotlights some of the more interesting aspects of campaigning in the age of social media.  Deleted Tweets/Facebook posts, changing profiles, locking accounts, etc. 

It makes me long for the days when "dirty tricks" were more of the stealing lawn signs, and hinting about long ago family connections to communism, variety...  seemed like a much simpler world back then.   

It is the exact same problem faced by crisis communications - in this age bad information will go around the globe in minutes and correcting it takes hours.