Media are falling all over themselves over comments Ben Carson made about the Egyptian pyramids in 1998:
.@RealBenCarson's theory: Egypt's pyramids stored grain https://t.co/jtRo9BhAzM https://t.co/xJC9vzzVab
— CNN (@CNN) November 5, 2015
Presidential candidate Ben Carson believes pyramids built to store grain https://t.co/A6wegzBnC2 pic.twitter.com/bTwzNVBaPH
— PBS NewsHour (@NewsHour) November 5, 2015
https://twitter.com/Joyce_Karam/status/662017488562102275
https://twitter.com/jbarro/status/662106439712919552
Leading Republican presidential candidate Ben Carson had a theory on the Egyptian pyramids. https://t.co/KrkihOJQKo pic.twitter.com/ixAcxCQgEA
— Jim Waterson (@jimwaterson) November 4, 2015
Ben Carson schools archaeologists on who really built the pyramids: https://t.co/ZM5W5rcqlv pic.twitter.com/6yinFMAk3e
— New York Magazine (@NYMag) November 5, 2015
Ben Carson stands by belief that pyramids in Egypt were built by Joseph to store grain https://t.co/gO4Hqh8xk5 pic.twitter.com/HorMkCQbrS
— Chicago Tribune (@chicagotribune) November 5, 2015
Carson disagrees w/"scientists" who say aliens built the pyramids. 1 question: Who the heck are these scientists? https://t.co/o2u5MI9cpq
— Talking Points Memo (@TPM) November 5, 2015
Here’s the thing, though: Why are Carson’s remarks so newsworthy, but Obama’s words and actions don’t warrant so much as a raised eyebrow from the media?
Why are Ben Carson's opinions about pyramids worse than Barack Obama's bizarro opinions about how wealth is created?
— Not-So-OK Boomer Rand (@Rand_Simberg) November 5, 2015
Liberals freaking out about Carson's theories about the pyramids should consider they elected a man who said he'd stop the rise of oceans.
— Rachel (@esqcapades) November 4, 2015
Ben Carson has a theory about the pyramids. Obama has claimed to have visited 57 states. Guess which story the media reports on the most?
— Demetrius Minor (@dminor85) November 5, 2015
The left is more outraged about Carson’s thoughts on pyramids than they were about the thoughts of Obama’s pastor.
— Demetrius Minor (@dminor85) November 5, 2015
from a 17 yo sermon at church .. what about Obama's church? .. Carson’s wacky theory about pyramids https://t.co/qcVkhfUkIt via @newscomauHQ
— David Daniel Ball (@DaOddBall67) November 5, 2015
Is believing the Pyramids were big grain silos any stranger than sitting in Jeremiah Wright’s church for years?https://t.co/sM0qbSOqVP
— Jim Geraghty (@jimgeraghty) November 5, 2015
Laughable. @CNN brings up a Carson speech on the Pyramids from 1998. Never heard word one in 2008 on Obama's connection to Ayers and Wright.
— Chuck Tonini (@Chuck_Tonini) November 5, 2015
People outraged about Ben Carson getting the pyramids wrong were totally fine with Obama hanging with a domestic terrorist.
— Macro-Aggression (@thedarthiggy) November 5, 2015
What Carson believes about the Pyramids is much less relevant to me than what Obama's friends believe about America: pic.twitter.com/OHTHVt8qsu
— Jason (@jasonelevation) November 5, 2015
@BuckSexton so Dr carson believes Joseph built the pyramids and Pres. Obama believes Iran is trustworthy. Which is more dangerous again?
— Isaac Taylor (@taylorarabs) November 5, 2015
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