Fact Checking Fiorina's statement about HP and Tom Perkins

[Mason66]

From today's (9/20/2015) New York Times article:


The NY Times ad that Fiorina quoted was paid for by the Carly for America PAC. Am I the only one who thinks that Carly Fiorina is sleazy, sneaky and is pron to misrepresentation?

Why would that make her sleazy, sneaky or pron to misrepresentation?

If you are saying the man really didn't say those things and it is totally made up, then yes I can see your point, but if it is just that the ad was paid for by the Super PAC, then no. The content would have to be false for it to be underhanded.

 

[MTAtech]

Why would that make her sleazy, sneaky or pron to misrepresentation?

If you are saying the man really didn't say those things and it is totally made up, then yes I can see your point, but if it is just that the ad was paid for by the Super PAC, then no. The content would have to be false for it to be underhanded.

I thought it would be obvious, but I guess not. Mrs. Fiorina said that a prominent venture capitalist who pushed for her firing at Hewlett-Packard in 2005 had recently taken out a full-page newspaper ad in the News York Times, praising here. That would make viewers think that Mr. Perkins went to the trouble and expense to set the story straight. Do you really think it would have the same impact if Mrs. Fiorina told viewers that her super pak (instead of her super pal) paid for the ad? If your answer is "no," that's why I said sneaky and a misrepresentation.

mis·rep·re·sen·ta·tion
ˌmisreprəzenˈtāSH(ə)n/
noun
noun: misrepresentation; plural noun: misrepresentations

the action or offense of giving a false or misleading account of the nature of something.

 

[MTAtech]

here's some facts
Carly Fiorina's HP RecordÂ*in One Chart - Bloomberg View

To me, the chart says that HP was in the middle of the pack up until she left, then, the stock moved to the head of the pack after her departure.

 

[Mason66]

I thought it would be obvious, but I guess not. Mrs. Fiorina said that a prominent venture capitalist who pushed for her firing at Hewlett-Packard in 2005 had recently taken out a full-page newspaper ad in the News York Times, praising here. That would make viewers think that Mr. Perkins went to the trouble and expense to set the story straight. Do you really think it would have the same impact if Mrs. Fiorina told viewers that her super pak (instead of her super pal) paid for the ad? If your answer is "no," that's why I said sneaky and a misrepresentation.

Do you think this was done without his knowledge?

 

[MTAtech]

Do you think this was done without his knowledge?

ave no idea, but that would be unwise. For all we know, the super pak paid him or made promises to him. We don't know.

 

[Truckstop]

To me, the chart says that HP was in the middle of the pack up until she left, then, the stock moved to the head of the pack after her departure.

Yes, like Perkins said, turns out she was right and the merger set them up to come out on top.

I still can't stand her though.