Usually, we turn to CNN’s media reporter Brian Stelter to tell us what they are showing on Fox News, but on Monday night, he made it a point to tell us what they weren’t showing: the January 6 committee’s hearing. We don’t think Fox needed to air it; one tweet pretty well covers all you need to know. Apparently, a few Fox News personalities, along with Donald Trump Jr., were texting Mark Meadows to urge President Trump to get on TV and denounce what was happening at the Capitol — Trump’s tweet alone wasn’t enough.
!!! — Liz Cheney, re: urging Trump Jan. 6 action: "According to the records, multiple Fox News hosts knew the president needed to act immediately. They texted Mark Meadows, and he has turned over those texts."
She reads texts from Laura Ingraham, Sean Hannity, and Brian Kilmeade
— Jeremy Barr (@jeremymbarr) December 14, 2021
Stelter notes that neither the top-ranked news network nor the up-and-coming news networks were covering it.
In case you're wondering if Fox News is the 1/6 committee hearing tonight, the answer is no. Neither is Newsmax. Neither is One America News.
— Brian Stelter (@brianstelter) December 14, 2021
Does he think this is some kind of a diss? https://t.co/uz7Xce9LrV
— Snarkwatcher (@poetrypainter) December 14, 2021
Nobody wants to watch the Democrat show trial. That ship sailed when Pelosi denied the GOP the right to choose its own members. It’s a political ad. https://t.co/wAOkwrU603
— David Marcus (@BlueBoxDave) December 14, 2021
Can you imagine how insufferable the first-anniversary coverage of the Capitol riots is going to be? We’re already dreading it.
Stelter is super mad that no one watches CNN anymore and will never be subjected to the Democrat show trial. https://t.co/gt3GGZ3Cs2
— Marmee 🇺🇸 (@MarmeeRooke) December 14, 2021
Brian doesn't tell us anything about the 1/6 hearing or why we should be watching.
Literally nothing is happening at the hearing, which is why Fox isn't covering it. https://t.co/EVuOOlNSCS
— Don Kedick (@CeeGeeThree2) December 14, 2021
the ratings tomorrow will tell you that airing the Democrats' show trial doesn't draw an audience https://t.co/k4nwW3N5Wd
— Nick (@Nickster0188) December 14, 2021
Once again we see CNN upset Fox isn't covering the approved news. https://t.co/CIyEUAYdbp
— Ranting Monkey (@Ranting_Monkey) December 14, 2021
How many times can one stomach watching a blubbering @AdamKinzinger? https://t.co/v8uq6Dj0At
— My socks are systemically racist (@Have_thatgoing4) December 14, 2021
@JoeBiden has 99 problems and J-6 ain’t one. https://t.co/MDliaWeX8P
— edgiesversion (@edgiesversion) December 14, 2021
It's totally amazing how they always think the cable outlet with a large audience should copy the cable outlets that nobody watches, and it somehow never occurs to them that the reason Fox has an audience and they don't is because they're all fixated on things nobody cares about: https://t.co/Tb32wJbKpL
— Glenn Greenwald (@ggreenwald) December 14, 2021
Like people are sitting around on Monday night with all their concerns and difficulties, thinking: I'm dying to watch Adam Schiff and Liz Cheney drone on and on , and show off fake tears, about The Insurrection™. I'll be surprised if 10 people under the age of 65 watch that.
— Glenn Greenwald (@ggreenwald) December 14, 2021
I mean, I cover these things for a living and you couldn't pay me enough money to watch Adam Kinzinger and Adam Schiff and Liz Cheney talk about January 6.
— Glenn Greenwald (@ggreenwald) December 14, 2021
But should care*. Audience doesn’t have to be right about newsworthy stuff because of the channel they choose to watch. You as a journalist should know that.
— Emilio Doménech (@Nanisimo) December 14, 2021
I think that in the scope of all the problems the US and American citizens have, a likely unconstitutional Congressional hearing about what happened on January 6 — when the DOJ/FBI are already conducting the largest criminal investigation ever — is way down on the list.
— Glenn Greenwald (@ggreenwald) December 14, 2021
We’d be interested to see more of the footage from January 6, but we don’t think the committee is showing that.
Update: C-SPAN is covering it:
Full @RepLizCheney statement on holding Mark Meadows in contempt, including texts from Sean Hannity, Laura Ingraham, Brian Kilmeade and others:
"These text messages leave no doubt…multiple Fox News hosts knew the president needed to act immediately. They texted Mr. Meadows." pic.twitter.com/KxrVMS4CTZ
— CSPAN (@cspan) December 14, 2021
"We claimed there was a conspiracy to take over the government but our evidence shows the opposite: MAGA people urged POTUS to make a statement and then …. HE DID! Jail them all!" Dems' impeachment Hoax #3 being run by a deranged Liz Cheney who makes Adam Schiff seem competent. https://t.co/Bkwdz1D3vI
— Mollie (@MZHemingway) December 14, 2021
If I'm reading this right, the big takeaway from the Jan 6th committee is 99.9% of the GOP and its supporters were trying to stop the riots at the time they were going on.
— Anthony Abides (@AnthonyAbides) December 14, 2021
But they’re trying to spin it into proof that they planned it.
LOL
It’s hilarious. https://t.co/aCPXjLjg4q
— RBe (@RBPundit) December 14, 2021
Related:
CNN’s Brian Stelter apparently hopes he can just tweet through the whole Chris Cuomo scandal and come out clean on the other side https://t.co/dmzGpKAxjX
— Twitchy Team (@TwitchyTeam) December 1, 2021
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