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Major TV networks, including Fox News, plan to televise Monday's hearing of the January 6 committee
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The next hearing by the House's Jan. 6 committee will not be in prime time, but it will be widely televised and streamed.
The hearing begins Monday at 10 a.m. Eastern time. In addition to thorough coverage on cable, the big three broadcast networks -- ABC, NBC, and CBS -- are planning to preempt regular programming for special reports about the hearing. Spokespeople for the broadcast news divisions confirmed that all stations are expected to carry the specials. PBS is lining up live coverage as well.
CNN's special report is beginning at 9 a.m. ET. MSNBC is also promoting a full morning of coverage.
The X-factor on cable is Fox -- since the network pointedly ignored last week's prime time hearing. Tucker Carlson falsely accused other networks of "colluding" with Democrats to air "propaganda." Sean Hannity said it was an irrelevant "sham." But this time around, Fox is going to show the hearing: As Los Angeles Times reporter Stephen Battaglio noted, "Fox News plans to cover the hearings on its main channel when they resume on Monday."
Fox's argument seems to be that prime time is different from daytime: Prime is for opinion hosts like Tucker Carlson, who rejected last Thursday's hearing, but daytime is for news.
The hearing begins Monday at 10 a.m. Eastern time. In addition to thorough coverage on cable, the big three broadcast networks -- ABC, NBC, and CBS -- are planning to preempt regular programming for special reports about the hearing. Spokespeople for the broadcast news divisions confirmed that all stations are expected to carry the specials. PBS is lining up live coverage as well.
CNN's special report is beginning at 9 a.m. ET. MSNBC is also promoting a full morning of coverage.
The X-factor on cable is Fox -- since the network pointedly ignored last week's prime time hearing. Tucker Carlson falsely accused other networks of "colluding" with Democrats to air "propaganda." Sean Hannity said it was an irrelevant "sham." But this time around, Fox is going to show the hearing: As Los Angeles Times reporter Stephen Battaglio noted, "Fox News plans to cover the hearings on its main channel when they resume on Monday."
Fox's argument seems to be that prime time is different from daytime: Prime is for opinion hosts like Tucker Carlson, who rejected last Thursday's hearing, but daytime is for news.
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