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brooklynite

(93,880 posts)
Mon Jun 6, 2022, 09:51 AM Jun 2022

Former ABC News executive working with January 6 panel on upcoming hearings

Source: CNN

(CNN)The House Select Committee investigating the January 6 insurrection at the US Capitol is working with a former ABC News television executive to help produce their upcoming hearings, according to a source familiar with the committee's plans.

James Goldston -- the former president of ABC News who also served as a producer for some of the network's most successful news programs like 20/20, Nightline and Good Morning America -- is helping the committee with the planning of the hearings and their presentation.

The committee has hopes of putting on hearings that don't look like traditional congressional proceedings, and instead are multi-media presentations that weave a narrative outlining the committee's findings. Their goal is to demonstrate how former President Donald Trump and his allies peddled a false narrative about the election that laid the groundwork for the riot at the Capitol on January 6, 2021.

The committee's first hearing is this week at 8 p.m. ET on on June 9.


Read more: https://www.cnn.com/2022/06/06/politics/abc-news-executive-january-6-committee-hearing/index.html
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Former ABC News executive working with January 6 panel on upcoming hearings (Original Post) brooklynite Jun 2022 OP
Think like the adversaries, what would they do... Historic NY Jun 2022 #1
damn straight, the christofascists would do the same with Fox in lead. Thomas Hurt Jun 2022 #2
hmm, well this is interesting news. msfiddlestix Jun 2022 #3
This message was self-deleted by its author brooklynite Jun 2022 #4
Eight hearings in June, each a chapter breakdown of the coup timeline. ancianita Jun 2022 #5
And Denver Delphinus Jun 2022 #13
Or ancianita Jun 2022 #14
GQP will most certainly complain that this hearing is simply to put on a show..... but fuck 'em. groundloop Jun 2022 #6
"Too this!" "Too that!" "This slip-up!" "Not perfect!" "A total failure!" "Pure theater!" Fuck 'em. ancianita Jun 2022 #8
Have to think of people's short attention spans..... Bayard Jun 2022 #7
Anything to avoid kairos12 Jun 2022 #9
Let's be realistic here: SayItLoud Jun 2022 #10
This makes me smile LetMyPeopleVote Jun 2022 #11
I'm glad they're being smart about this. Martin68 Jun 2022 #12

Historic NY

(37,449 posts)
1. Think like the adversaries, what would they do...
Mon Jun 6, 2022, 09:53 AM
Jun 2022

you can bet your ass Tucker and Fox would have big bold lights.

Thomas Hurt

(13,903 posts)
2. damn straight, the christofascists would do the same with Fox in lead.
Mon Jun 6, 2022, 09:59 AM
Jun 2022

The GQP wouldn't even bother to hire a former producer they would just bring Hand Job Hannity on board and the rest of Fox would assist.

msfiddlestix

(7,266 posts)
3. hmm, well this is interesting news.
Mon Jun 6, 2022, 10:01 AM
Jun 2022

I should think this would make a better viewing experience. wonder to what degree it will mitigate the circus clown show the likes of Jim Jordan would otherwise turn it into. ?

Response to brooklynite (Original post)

ancianita

(35,816 posts)
5. Eight hearings in June, each a chapter breakdown of the coup timeline.
Mon Jun 6, 2022, 10:52 AM
Jun 2022

Nearly a thousand interviews, 860 depositions, and 104,000 documents later.

Delphinus

(11,808 posts)
13. And Denver
Tue Jun 7, 2022, 09:50 AM
Jun 2022

Riggleman, on Anderson Cooper, said they could probably do another year of investigating!

ancianita

(35,816 posts)
14. Or
Tue Jun 7, 2022, 02:39 PM
Jun 2022

the DOJ can take over and add the Jan 6 Committee's evidence to its own, and start its own green bay sweep.

groundloop

(11,488 posts)
6. GQP will most certainly complain that this hearing is simply to put on a show..... but fuck 'em.
Mon Jun 6, 2022, 10:55 AM
Jun 2022


In fact I WANT Democrats to politicize the insurrection and use it to full electoral advantage. GQPers definitely did the same with Whitewater, Bill's blowjob, Benghazi, Hillary's emails, Hunter's laptop, and many many other total non-events.

The big difference between us and them is that this time a real crime of significant impact to our way of life is being investigated.

Bayard

(21,806 posts)
7. Have to think of people's short attention spans.....
Mon Jun 6, 2022, 11:04 AM
Jun 2022

Really looking forward to these myself.

Of course, Tucker is saying--I'm not giving up MY show to cover this! That's the audience we most need to hit.

SayItLoud

(1,696 posts)
10. Let's be realistic here:
Mon Jun 6, 2022, 12:40 PM
Jun 2022

Prime time viewing is down double digit %'s.

It will open big then fall off.

The way to get eyeballs and make impressions these days is social media, platforms and web.

DNC should be buying ads that run everywhere.

If the media plan doesn't have bite sized, "short attention span theater" content on every platform...including MSM's sites it will be a bust. First night huge then the fall off will start.

Justsayin...

I know of what I speak.

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