Brian Stelter Is Very Upset Fox & Newsmax Won’t Cover Jan 6 Hearings

On CNN’s Trustworthy Sources, host Brian Stelter dived head first into hysteria by going into a hysterical rant bemoaning that Fox News, Newsmax and the rest of the “MAGA media” probably won’t be covering the partisan primetime January 6 committee hearings on Thursday evening. 

Stelter came back from a commercial break in a tizzy over the hearings, boasting “this week the January 6 committee moves to prime time. On Thursday, a crucial hearing was held. With previously unseen material and witness testimony.” 

He claimed “over the past ten months of the committee’s investigation, we have already learned so much thanks to scoop after scoop from CNN and other outlets.” 

He made the comment about Fox News, as he does each Sunday on his program. “Yet pro-Trump media has denied, deflected, defended or just outright ignored the headlines.The coup plot was rooted in a big lie. Ever since then, new lies have surrounded it…Lies heard on shows like Tucker Carlson’s on Fox and Greg Kelly’s on Newsmax.” 

Stelter was deeply disturbed that the January 6 2021 riots at the Capitol were mentioned “fewer than 150 times on Newsmax, and many of those mentions on Newsmax are dismissing the attack” in the year 2022.  

On the verge of tears, Stelter bemoaned the fact that Fox News & Tucker Carlson most likely won’t be airing any of the committee hearings: 

I’m not trying to claim that this doesn’t matter, the hearing doesn’t matter, I’m saying it’s important, and because it is important, it’s being rejected by the MAGA media. You mean, will Fox ever show this hearing on Thursday?

Stelter and CNN want to decide what other media outlets should cover. Why would Fox News cover a hearing where Republican congressional leadership’s appointments to the committee were rejected by House Speaker Nancy Pelosi? 

Also, the committee and its Democrat allies repeatedly lashed at Carlson and his network. Why would they allow them to airtime? Stelter doesn’t get to dictate what Fox News puts on air. 

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Click expand to read the transcript. 

CNN’s Trustworthy Sources
6/5/2022
Eastern, 11:31:16

BRIAN STELTER – This week, the January 6th committee will move to prime time. On Thursday, a crucial hearing will be held. Witness testimony and previously unseen material. That’s what’s being promised. This is undoubtedly a very important issue, but how will it be received by a broad audience? Over the past ten months of the committee’s investigation, we have already learned so much thanks to scoop after scoop from CNN and other outlets, yet pro-Trump media has denied, deflected, defended or just outright ignored the headlines. 

Think about it. It was all rooted in big lies. Since then, many lies have been told about it. Lies heard on shows like Tucker Carlson’s on Fox and Greg Kelly’s on Newsmax. When it comes down to January 6, it is so crucial to be able to see the differences in the media. Two different extremes. You can see that January 6 has been covered by MSNBC more than 800 times this year on MSNBC, but less than 150 times on Newsmax. Newsmax is dismissing many mentions of the attack. It is crucial to realize that the right now has a tendency to deflect, deny or say, in Carlson’s words, the committee is not legitimate. 

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STELTER – The Trump base is not interested in hearing about the attempt to coup. Trump’s base doesn’t want to know about violence or who incited it. The hearing revealed this week is not what they want. And I’m not trying to claim that this doesn’t matter, the hearing doesn’t matter, I’m saying it’s important, and because it is important, it’s being rejected by the MAGA media. What does it mean that Fox will not show the hearing Thursday night? Fox News spokesperson did not respond to my request. But it’s hard to imagine Tucker Carlson at 8pm eastern, who calls the committee illegitimate, Tucker “patriot purge” Carlson giving up his time slot to hear the truth about January 6? We’ll watch what Fox does. Newsmax’s actions will be revealed. Vanity Fair noted that the main question facing the media is this week: Will the hearing go through?