Posted on 06/29/2022 1:52:24 AM PDT by RandFan
NEW YORK (AP) — Fox News Channel is airing the Jan. 6 committee hearings when they occur in daytime hours and a striking number of the network’s viewers have made clear they’d 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.
It completely flips the typical viewing pattern for the news networks. During weekdays when the hearings are not taking place, Fox News Channel routinely has more viewers than the other two networks combined, Nielsen said.
Last Thursday, Fox had 1.33 million viewers for the 2 p.m. Eastern hour before the hearing started — slightly below its second quarter average but on par for early summer, when fewer people are watching TV.
After the hearing started, Fox’s audience’s sank to 747,000 for the 3 p.m. Eastern hour and even lower, to 718,000, at 4 p.m. Fox cut away from the hearing at 5 p.m. to show its popular panel program, “The Five,” and fans immediately rewarded them: viewership shot up to 2.76 million people, Nielsen said.
The apparent lack of interest explains why the frequently Trump-friendly network stuck with its regular lineup during the committee’s only prime-time hearing, while ABC, CBS, NBC, CNN and MSNBC all showed the Washington proceedings. “The Five” has also been cable television’s most-watched show, on average, for nine months.
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And Gutfeld...
I watch ‘The five’ and Special report.
Soon not even leftists will watch the show trial of Trump as it is exposed as the pack of lies it is.
Fox news is used by the political establishment to gaslight conservatives. That is their raison d’etre. They sound conservative and look conservative much of the time but when it really matters they will always side with the political establishment and the left.
What if the tables were turned, and some of “Hillary’s people” supposedly protested at the Capitol on January 6, 2017, claiming “the Russians” had “hacked” the 2016 election? I would find any GOP congressional hearings into such an alternate history “insurrection” rather boring if the other side’s sorry excuse for a “coup” consisted of a few weirdos in funny costumes. I would laugh it off as an “Animal House” type frat boy stunt rather than a “threat to democracy” and “worse than 9/11.” But unlike us, leftists have reason to deeply fear a revolt from the People.
Congtess is not an authorized courtroom.
All of these petty antics by the democrats in their attempt to prevent any other non-Congress-approved candidate from running for office.
F*** Fox News!
Special Report as in Bret Baier?, What is wrong with you? He is a weasel.
Not much worth watching on FUX news anymore.
Maybe some day, someone will launch a real conservative news channel, after the FCC is restructured.
(One can hope .....?)
You watch "call Arizona now" Brett Bozo? Why would you subject yourself to that pain?
Well maybe if the democrats had hearings after how many hundreds of BLMTIFA riots in the last 2 years of Trump’s reign? By only choosing to acknowledge Jan 6 they reveal their true goal.
This picture comes to mind:
http://jameshistory12.weebly.com/show-trials-and-the-great-purges.html
Wife and I only watch Tucker and Gutfeld.
Screw FoxNews for the most part.
“Fox news is used by the political establishment to gaslight conservatives.”
My mom still is fixated on FNC, remembering their glory days of conservative reporting. We try to tell her, but nothing will change her mind.
Tucker Carlson, Judge Jeannie, Greg Gutfeld, Waters etc etc are more conservative than you will ever be.
Same back at you!
Fox News is infinitely better than CNN/MSNBC.
It’s not even close.
I’ve watch zero hours of this kangaroo court. I’m glad it’s being noticed.
And Watters...
Joke post?
You'd better go join the very woke late night comedians like Stephen Colbert etc.
You talk the same nonsense they do.
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