Former presidential candidate Ben Carson Thursday called for the American people to see through the "bunch of crap" being put out by The New York Times and other members of the mainstream media and to focus on the issues at hand in the 2016 campaign.
"It's very disappointing, because our system was set up in such a way that the press was supposed to keep the people informed so that the will of the people could direct the country," Carson told Fox News' "Fox & Friends" program.
"When the press decides that they want to become biased, it completely distorts the system and this is what we've experienced now."
Overnight, The Times and several other media outlets published accusations from women who claimed Trump groped and kissed them against their will, and Carson said what's happening was predictable in the wake of an "Access Hollywood" tape that captured Trump using explicit language while talking about women with then-host Billy Bush.
"Obviously, a week or two ago when I said that the Billy Bush tape was not going to be the last thing, but there would be new things each week," said Carson. "They will parse them out to keep the spotlight on Trump because they don't want to deal with the issues, this is exactly what's happened."
Carson went on to accuse The Times and other publications of creating an atmosphere that allows people to come forward and tell their stories, and in exchange, they say "'we'll give you fame, we'll give you whatever you need.' What a bunch of crap.
"But the people have to see through this because again, the train is going off the cliff. Our country is going off the cliff financially and in so many other ways. If we don't deal with this stuff now, our children are completely going to be disadvantaged."
And if Americans actually read the Democratic platform, they would "be appalled," but instead, the media keeps people "ignorant" by "feeding propaganda," said Carson.
The Trump campaign has said that anyone who does not vote for the GOP nominee is essentially voting for Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton, and Carson agrees.
"People need to recognize that you are voting against your children and their future,"said Carson. "That is really the key. If people can understand that and get beyond the initial agitation they might feel offended by this or that or the other, this is so much bigger than anything that might offend you and Donald Trump is not a perfect person."