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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsCassidy Hutchinson testimony set audience record for a daytime Jan. 6 hearing
This is going to drive TFG nuts. TFG believes that ratings are everything and these ratings are truly amazing
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People gather to watch the hearing of the Select Committee to Investigate the January 6th Attack
People gather to watch a hearing of the Jan. 6 committee on June 9, 2022, in Washington, D.C. (Tasos Katopodis / Getty Images)
More than 13 million Americans tuned in to watch bombshell testimony from a former White House aide this week, making the Jan. 6 committee's latest hearing its second-most-viewed thus far.
The Tuesday afternoon hearing, which the committee announced just a day ahead of time, featured 25-year-old Cassidy Hutchinson, who served as an aide to former White House Chief of Staff Mark Meadows. Her dramatic testimony attracted 13,231,000 viewers across all major networks, including ABC, CBS, NBC, CNN and MSNBC, according to numbers from Nielsen, a ratings firm. This total topped the previous four hearings, which won audiences of about 10 million to 11 million people. The first Jan. 6 hearing, on June 9, drew about 20 million viewers, but it aired in prime time.
Although the numbers indicate that millions of people are watching the hearings, it's not yet clear how many Americans will ultimately tune in the hearings are slated to continue into July or what conclusions they will form. In 1954, about 80 million Americans (out of a much smaller U.S. population of about 169 million people) followed the series of hearings that led to communist-hunting Sen. Joseph McCarthy's downfall. About 3 in 4 American households watched at least part of the 1973 Watergate hearings, according to Nielsen estimates.
Although a majority of Americans 58% say they are following news about the work of the Jan. 6 committee, only 26% are following it very closely, according to a poll released last week by Quinnipiac University. Just 40% of Americans report that the Jan. 6 attacks had a major effect on their worldview, a Politico-Morning Consult survey found.
People gather to watch a hearing of the Jan. 6 committee on June 9, 2022, in Washington, D.C. (Tasos Katopodis / Getty Images)
More than 13 million Americans tuned in to watch bombshell testimony from a former White House aide this week, making the Jan. 6 committee's latest hearing its second-most-viewed thus far.
The Tuesday afternoon hearing, which the committee announced just a day ahead of time, featured 25-year-old Cassidy Hutchinson, who served as an aide to former White House Chief of Staff Mark Meadows. Her dramatic testimony attracted 13,231,000 viewers across all major networks, including ABC, CBS, NBC, CNN and MSNBC, according to numbers from Nielsen, a ratings firm. This total topped the previous four hearings, which won audiences of about 10 million to 11 million people. The first Jan. 6 hearing, on June 9, drew about 20 million viewers, but it aired in prime time.
Although the numbers indicate that millions of people are watching the hearings, it's not yet clear how many Americans will ultimately tune in the hearings are slated to continue into July or what conclusions they will form. In 1954, about 80 million Americans (out of a much smaller U.S. population of about 169 million people) followed the series of hearings that led to communist-hunting Sen. Joseph McCarthy's downfall. About 3 in 4 American households watched at least part of the 1973 Watergate hearings, according to Nielsen estimates.
Although a majority of Americans 58% say they are following news about the work of the Jan. 6 committee, only 26% are following it very closely, according to a poll released last week by Quinnipiac University. Just 40% of Americans report that the Jan. 6 attacks had a major effect on their worldview, a Politico-Morning Consult survey found.
When TFG sees these ratings, he will lose it
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Cassidy Hutchinson testimony set audience record for a daytime Jan. 6 hearing (Original Post)
LetMyPeopleVote
Jul 2022
OP
The public recognizes the illegality that happened planning and carrying out 1-6
questionseverything
Jul 2022
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PoindexterOglethorpe
(25,848 posts)1. I'm not surprised.
I had not been watching any of the hearings, until my sister texted me to tell me how powerful Hutchinson's testimony was. Then I turned it on.
questionseverything
(9,651 posts)2. The public recognizes the illegality that happened planning and carrying out 1-6
Everyone in government that had prior knowledge and didnt try to stop it needs to be charged with conspiracy to overthrow the government.
That includes senators, representatives, sc justices and their wives!
captain queeg
(10,171 posts)3. Encouraging. Also something to throw in TFG's face
He probably didnt understand the ramifications but its sure to piss him off that she got a much bigger audience than his latest lie fests on his propaganda shows.
LetMyPeopleVote
(145,130 posts)4. These viewership numbers are going to piss off TFG