The investigation into the Jan. 6 insurrection became a TV event even as Fox News disparaged it.
on the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol was watched by 20 million TV viewers across multiple networks on Thursday.
were also shown on PBS and C-SPAN and on many of the Fox-owned TV stations across the country as well. Those audiences are not included in the Nielsen tally.In a sign of the nation’s partisan divide, the presentation — which served as a curtain raiser for the committee’s findings to be presented over the next two weeks — did not air on Fox News Channel, which typically draws the highest ratings for special events in prime-time.
While Hannity has downplayed the insurrection, he sent panicked tweets to Trump’s aides that day urging them to have the former president call off the mob, according to evidence gathered by the committee.The prime-time hearing came after a yearlong investigation and 1,000 interviews. The final report aims to provide an accounting of the most violent attack on the Capitol since the British-set fire in 1814.
Fox News Channel averaged 3 million viewers over the two hours with its counter programming, on par with what the hosts attract on a typical night. The video portions featured a 10-minute video montage of the Jan. 6, 2021 insurrection and recorded depositions of those closest to the former president.
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