Fox News Channel has announced that it will not provide continuous live coverage on Thursday evening of the first hearing of the House committee investigating the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol.
In an announcement on Monday, Fox News Media said hosts on the air as the proceedings are taking place will “cover the hearings as news warrants,” before anchor and chief legal correspondent Shannon Bream will anchor a two-hour live special focusing on the hearings starting at 11 p.m.
The conservative media giant will instead show live continuous coverage of the hearings on Fox Business, with anchors Bret Baier and Martha MacCallum hosting. It will also provide coverage via Fox News Digital, Fox News Audio and Fox Nation.
The announcement signals Fox will not preempt its regularly scheduled opinion shows, featuring controversial hosts Tucker Carlson, Sean Hannity and Laura Ingraham, all three of whom draw in millions of viewers a night.
Most of the other major cable and network news channels have indicated they will provide live, continuous coverage of the hearings in their entirety.
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NEW: Fox News Channel won’t carry coverage of primetime Jan. 6 hearing live https://t.co/BqKLK5IwTB pic.twitter.com/2jxdPbadVD
— The Hill (@thehill) June 7, 2022
The bubble will not be breached. https://t.co/Wm1gRbbr6X
— Schooley (@Rschooley) June 7, 2022
Fox News ran 1,098 primetime segments on Benghazi from the day of the attack until the committee hearings, which they carried live for more than 7 hours.
Today they announced they won’t cover the hearings on the January 6th insurrection.
— Sawyer Hackett (@SawyerHackett) June 7, 2022
Very strong argument from @JonahDispatch on Fox News' hypocrisy in not airing Thursday's Jan. 6 committee hearing (under the premise that it's partisan). https://t.co/5C5700isSd pic.twitter.com/hLAFIkzBMm
— John A. Daly (@JohnDalyBooks) June 8, 2022
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