America is split on whether or not to focus on the Jan. 6 hearings on television, with passionate parties on both sides.
CNN anchor Chris Wallace said during the network’s coverage of the first hearing of the House select committee investigating the Jan. 6, 2021, that he is “skeptical” of what the committee might produce during the prime-time proceeding.
“I’m kind of skeptical about what we’re going to see tonight and over the next couple of weeks,” Wallace said on CNN minutes before the hearing was set to begin.
Wallace said the committee had put itself in danger of falling victim to too much “hype” about its findings and “over-selling” what they have to tell the American people about the attack.
“You’ve got Jamie Raskin, one of the members of the committee, saying ‘this is going to blow the roof off the House,’ you’ve got Adam Kinzinger saying ‘It’s going to change history,” Wallace said.
The former Fox News anchor, who recently left that network for CNN to join its now-shuttered streaming service, said news of the committee hiring a former top executive at ABC News as an adviser on media and messaging may not work in the panel’s favor.
“I think that’s a bad look both for the committee and the mainstream media to seem that they are hand in glove with each other,” Wallace said.
Wallace, the longtime host of Fox News Sunday, has said he left the conservative cable channel after working there had become “unsustainable” particularly as it related to its primetime opinion programming.
Fox has taken criticism from Democrats and media pundits this week for its decision not to air continuous live coverage of Thursday night’s hearing on its primary cable channel, opting instead to allow its primetime opinion anchors to cover the hearings “as news warrants.”
Fox has said it will air live coverage of the hearing on Fox Business Network and its other digital platforms. Tags Chris Wallace
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What about the missing important papers Trump ate and delivered to Mira Lago. What about golfing during the pandemic. Asking thr Proud Boys to find Pence? I voted for Donald Trump for President. Now disappointed in the display and carriage of Jnuary 6.
WAKE -UP Sharon ! POTUS Donald .Trump had Nothing to do with the Insurrection at the Nations Capital in Washington D. C..
After his rally on J4 he told Everyone to have Fun and Go In Peace. Not like PIGLOSI , SCHUMER and the Rest of their Parasite
Cohort’s. Piglosi and her Cohorts Planned , Plotted this back in August and Exequated the Insurrection on J6 2020
Who is there to confront, in front of the public, to rebut these testimonials? We do want the truth.
ALL the truth.
NOTHING BUT THE TRUTH ! So help U GOD.
he J6 committee is illegitimate. It is not a real court with a real Judge, jury and attorneys. It is JUST a committee. They are in very deep trouble for doing what they are. They are NOT doing their congressional duties by not being there for their states or for any bills to be passed.
What makes a committee “illegitimate”? Because you say so? Of course it isn’t a court. It investigated (and still is investigating) what happened, why it happened, and how to prevent it from ever happening again. Our country came closer to being destroyed than many people realize. Because you don’t get the person in office who you wanted doesn’t give you the right to take down the system of government that our country is based on. You don’t “hang” the person whose job it is to certify a legal election. One person was trying to stop an election that had been certified as legitimate in over 60 courts. How many did he need? 600? 6,000? He knew he lost but he lied to his followers and they broke the law to try to keep him in office. He was the only president in history who tried to stay in power. Pathetic. And illegal.
Teresa ! U sound just the Parasite the Planned , Plotted and to Execute this Insurrection back in August 2020 to Derail POTUS Donald J. Trump’s Re-Election Bid. Teresa Check Ur Facts before U post anything Else !
They’re making a big spectacle of themselves.It’s a 3 card monte of BS. They can’t win an election fairly. So they’re trying to sell this 3 ring circus crap!Glad to see the mid election as a wipeout of these treasonous fools.Then we can get into real hearings of the corruption in the swamp and clean it up!
The FBI and Nancy was in on this from the word “GO”…This is a SHAM and I hope they ALL (including Liz “Rino” Chaney) gets defeated in November. They all have to go…
This Committee is a joke!! Everyone on the Committee is a Trump hater and only wants to hang him out to dry! It’s sad that this happened but it is sad that all those places in Washington and Oregon were destroyed by protesters who have never been sought out for prosecution like the January 6th protesters. If you are seeking equality then seek it!
How about the Democrats start doing their Job. Forget Trump is over. You do not have enough to do anything, You are wasting Tax payers money . Do Your Job . You are not getting votes your losing votes.