maybe he has (the pyramids comment will be regurgitated for a long time), but the fact remains, the media acted irresponsibly and deliberately published something that wasn't true. what kind of crappy state of affairs inside their planning sessions causes something like to happen? and the impact this carries is not easily disgarded by people who are looking for reasons not to support someone.
al gore created the internet.
i can see russia from my house.
he was really born in kenya!
vast right wing conspiracy.
etc.
people remember these things, and they kill candidates.
if carson burns out, let it be because he did it to himself, not because a magazine with a wide reach deliberately published lies about him.