The reporter for the local news station in Arizona didn't take anything out of context at all, but let's take a look at what MSNBC is reporting and see if there is any bias.  I would encourage people to go to the link, read the story and watch the video.

 

If you follow the link to the original local broadcast and listen to what he says, he is clearly talking about eliminating some of the caves that aid in drug smuggling not specifically illegal immigration.  He says that it would be easy to eliminate those caves, but that he would leave those kinds of operations to people that are experts at what they do (the military).

 

Now take a look at the text of the MSNBC article.

Quote:Carson’s comments, first reported by the CBS5 News in Arizona, are just the latest in a series of far-flung options floated by Republican candidates, many of whom in recent weeks have discussed means to decrease the undocumented immigrant population currently in the U.S. and keep others from coming. Proposals have ranged from politically impossible to outrageously expensive, veering the immigration debate far to the right in ways that could seriously imperil the Republican Party when it comes time for the general election.

 

It's decided in this article that republican candidates' proposals with regard to dealing with illeagal immigration are "far-flung", and that he talked about a "means to decrease the undocumented immigrant population currently in the U.S. and keep others from coming".  That's not what he said or talked about at all.

 

Then "reporting" that republican's proposals are "politically impossible to outrageously expensive" is not fact, it's opinion.

 

Some more from the MSNBC article.

Quote:Meanwhile in the last few days, more than half of the GOP field has said they are open to ending birthright citizenship, a political feat that would require changing the United States Constitution.

 

As far as I know, this is outright false.  If someone can provide some kind of evidence of "more than half of the GOP field" calling for that, then I'm certainly open to seeing the evidence.

 

Here is some more from the MSNBC article.

Quote:But the option Carson is leaving on the table — military strikes against likely unarmed and unidentified targets — is clearly profound.

 

False.  He never said anything about military strikes against anyone.

 

 

I could go on, but I would rather challenge others to look at the stories themselves and draw their own conclusions.

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