NBC’s Guthrie to Fiorina: ‘If You’re Explaining’ Your Record, ‘You’re Losing’

Kyle Drennen | September 17, 2015
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More in the cross-post on the MRC's NewsBusters blog.

Despite a strong debate performance Wednesday night, on Thursday’s NBC Today, co-host Savannah Guthrie lectured Republican presidential candidate Carly Fiorina on her business record: “I know you have gotten into the reasons for your dismissal from Hewlett-Packard....in politics, and you know this well, if you're explaining, you’re losing.”

Guthrie pressed: “Is it a weakness that, if you go forward in this process, you are going to have to delve into that record over and over again and defend your tenure, since that is the primary experience on which you're running?”