{"id":53563,"date":"2022-06-29T12:58:12","date_gmt":"2022-06-29T19:58:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/?p=53563"},"modified":"2022-07-12T12:28:13","modified_gmt":"2022-07-12T19:28:13","slug":"frightened-fox-news-audience-tunes-out-january-6th-hearings-even-when-they-air-on-fox","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/?p=53563","title":{"rendered":"Frightened Fox News Audience Tunes Out January 6th Hearings Even When They Air on Fox"},"content":{"rendered":"

The House Select Committee investigating the January 6th insurrection incited by Donald Trump has been providing increasingly incriminating evidence of Trump’s criminal culpability and that of his disreputable underlings. The latest hearing featuring Mark Meadows aide, Cassidy Hutchinson, may be the most devastating yet<\/a><\/strong> for the seditionist cabal.<\/p>\n

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Hutchinson’s testimony included bombshell revelations about Trump’s fore knowledge and approval of the potential for violence at his Capitol rally. She disclosed Trump’s seething anger that erupted into food flinging tantrums. She told the Committee that White House lawyers were worried about criminal charges and that several members of Congress had sought pardons from Trump.<\/p>\n

RELATED: Trump is Freaking Out that the January 6th Hearings are So Effectively Illuminating His Crimes<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

Needless to say, this is not the sort of testimony that is welcomed on Fox News. In fact, it is usually either ignored or framed with knee-jerk rebuttals in order to intercept any potentially honest presentations from infecting their brainwashed viewers. However, it appears that Fox need not be so concerned about that happening, because their viewers are self-censoring the network. According to the Huffington Post<\/a><\/strong>…<\/p>\n

“Fox News Channel is airing the Jan. 6 committee hearings when they occur in daytime hours and a striking number of the network\u2019s viewers have made clear they\u2019d rather be doing something else. During two daytime hearings last week, Fox averaged 727,000 viewers, the Nielsen company said. That compares to the 3.09 million who watched the hearings on MSNBC and the 2.21 million tuned in to CNN.” […]<\/p>\n

“Last Thursday, Fox had 1.33 million viewers for the 2 p.m. Eastern hour before the hearing started […] After the hearing started, Fox\u2019s audience\u2019s sank to 747,000.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Following the hearings last Thursday, Fox’s ratings shot back up to 2.76 million for an episode of “The Five.”<\/em> What this tells us is that Fox’s audience is so afraid of being exposed to any information that challenges their pre-programmed biases, that they will even tune out Fox News – the source of their pre-programmed biases. Then they file back in when Trump-fluffers like Sean Hannity resume their lying propaganda.<\/p>\n

As a result of this “canceling”<\/em> of candid accounts of events, as told mostly by Republican witnesses and Trump staffers, Fox fans effectively shield themselves from a reality that they are too fragile to deal with. They even missed Fox Newsers like anchor Bret Baier saying that…<\/p>\n

“This testimony was very compelling from beginning to end. [Hutchinson] obviously had access to all of the players.” […]<\/p>\n

“[Trump] says she\u2019s lying. Cassidy Hutchinson is under oath, on Capitol Hill. The [former] president is on Truth Social.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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Bret Baier crushes Trump on Fox after the hearing, leaving his guests in stunned silence when he is finished. Very satisfying watch. \u201cHe says she\u2019s lying. Cassidy Hutchinson is under oath, on Capitol Hill. The president is on Truth Social.\u201d pic.twitter.com\/frWFAguy4E<\/a><\/p>\n

— Ron Filipkowski (@RonFilipkowski) June 28, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n