Fiorina’s debate victory draws new media scrutiny

Published September 18, 2015 1:50pm ET



Republican presidential candidate Carly Fiorina scored high marks for her performance in Wednesday’s debate, and it took media groups and personalities just a few hours to come after her with a level of scrutiny generally reserved for top-tier candidates.

The so-called “explainer” website Vox jumped into the field with a broad article from founder Ezra Klein called, “Carly Fiorina won the GOP debate, but fact checkers will have a field day.” He praised her style, but flunked her overall remarks.

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