Political journalism organization Politico has come under fire this week after it published an article that first accused Republican presidential candidate Ben Carson of lying about being verbally offered a scholarship by a West Point recruiter before it was edited to reflect the fact that Politico's confirmation that Carson did not follow through with the admissions process at West Point does not itself constitute proof that Carson lied about anything.

Meanwhile, questions have been raised across the conservative blogosphere about other Politico articles that have been driving similarly-negative narratives about Republican candidates. For example, the media-driven narrative that Rand Paul's campaign is on a downward spiral relies heavily on an primarily anonymously-sourced Politico piece making that claim.

Another article's headline oversells a pro-Carson tweet by Kentucky Governor-elect Matt Bevin and Bevin's reluctance to endorse anyone in the 2016 presidential race during a gubernatorial campaign debate as a "snub" of Rand Paul, despite being updated to include a Bevin response to the contrary. Another Politico article on Paul claims that anonymous Republican strategists of thus-unverifiable significance are calling for him to drop out of the presidential race to focus on his Ky. Senate run.

An anonymously-sourced Politico piece on Donald Trump accuses him of violating a campaign pledge by secretly courting wealthy GOP donors including the Koch brothers, Sheldon Adelson, and Paul Singer.

In an interview with Donald Trump, Breitbart's Stephen K. Bannon decried a Politico article on Trump which he said had "novelistic tendencies" and added, "I don't think there were any named sources."