Fox News is not airing the hearing of the January 6 committee live this Thursday as it falls during the network's highly-watched primetime line up and will instead be airing the hearing live on Fox Business.
CNN host Brian Stelter criticized the decision to air Tucker Carlson because his show "promotes conspiracy theories about the riot, calls the committee 'illegitimate,' and ridicules the committee members."
The decision by Fox News to not air a partisan committee that is not interested in finding out what really happened the day of the riot did not sit well with liberal talking heads and users on social media.
Brian Stelter
@brianstelter
Fox News makes it official: It will NOT show Thursday's 1/6 hearing like all the other major networks. Tucker Carlson's show will air as usual. Carlson promotes conspiracy theories about the riot, calls the committee "illegitimate," and ridicules the committee members.
6:54 PM · Jun 6, 2022
Alyssa Farah Griffin 🇺🇸🇺🇦
@Alyssafarah
As I predicted.
A shame. The hearings are of vital public interest, even if it makes people uncomfortable. We’re seeing our country further ripped apart on partisan lines, & more Americans retreating to their echo chambers to avoid tough realities. This is how democracies die.
Keith Olbermann
@KeithOlbermann
Christ, Brian. Stop calling them news. At least make it Fox "News." Arsenic isn't Orange Juice because you write "Orange Juice" on the container. When did I first say this to you? 2007?
Congressman Adam Kinzinger (R-IL), who is a member of the J6 committee, encouraged staffers who work at Fox News to either speak out or quit:
Adam Kinzinger🇺🇦🇺🇸✌️
@AdamKinzinger
If you work for @FoxNews and want to maintain your credibility as a journalist, now is a good time to speak out, or quit. Enough is enough.
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/juliorosas/2022/06/07/liberals-in-full-meltdown-mode-over-fox-news-not-airing-j6-committee-hearings-live-n2608324