Fiery Carson: 'I never said I received a full scholarship'

By Curt Mills, Curt Mills

Published December 20, 2015

Dr. Ben Carson lambasted the media during an impromptu, heated press conference Friday evening, fervently denying Friday's Politico characterization of Carson's West Point scholarship story, and going on a tirade about how he believes he is being covered unfairly compared to how President Obama was covered in the 2008 election.

"Politico, as you know, told a bald-faced lie," Carson said. "I never said I received a full scholarship. Nowhere did I say that."

A member of the media interjected: "You just told me you got a scholarship offer."

"I never said I got a scholarship," Carson replied, making a distinction between "scholarship" and "scholarship offer."