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Ben Carson Blames the 'Liberal Press' for Making Him Sound Crazy

The potential Republican presidential candidate airs his grievances with the liberal media.
Dr. Ben Carson speaks as the keynote speaker at the Wake Up America gala Event September 5, 2014 at the Westin Kierland Resort in Scottsdale, Arizona

Dr. Ben Carson speaks as the keynote speaker at the Wake Up America gala Event September 5, 2014 at the Westin Kierland Resort in Scottsdale, Arizona

Photographer: Laura Segall/Getty Images

CORONADO, California—Speaking to Republican Party leaders for the first time since apologizing for plagiarizing parts of a book, neurosurgeon-turned-activist Ben Carson delineated many of his most controversial moments, blaming a liberal media for misquoting him and turning him into a caricature.

“Carson says all these crazy things," Carson said at the Republican National Committee winter meeting, mocking the "craziness narrative" about him in the mainstream media. "Every time a liberal press does something about me they say, 'Oh you know, he’s the one that said Obamacare is worse than slavery.' First of all I never said that. I said it’s the worst thing since slavery.”