Carly Fiorina Critiques Media For Its Excessive Coverage of Trump

Matthew Balan | September 17, 2015
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[More in the cross-post on the MRC's NewsBusters blog.]

From the 17 September 2015 edition of CNN's New Day:

ALISYN CAMEROTA: I heard you described this morning as Donald Trump's 'Kryptonite.' So you can take that as you will. But what did you think of his performance last night? Was Donald Trump as feisty as you were expecting?

CARLY FIORINA, (R), PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE: You know what? I think the audience has to decide what they think of Donald Trump's performance. Listen, honestly, I will tell you the truth: I think we have spent – the media, frankly, has spent way too much time talking about the entertainment aspects of this; the performance aspects of this – Donald Trump, personally. I think people – when I'm out on the trail, I'm never asked a single question about Donald Trump. The only people that ask me about Donald Trump are the media. What voters want to know is, what's going to impact their life? They're concerned about their lives. And so, I hope, going forward – you know, people can decide what they thought of Donald Trump's performance – that's not for me to say. But I really hope, going forward, that we can have a more substantive conversation about the things impacting Americans' lives. And Donald Trump's performance doesn't impact their life honestly.