Reactions to Jan. 6 Presentation Indicate Committee Failed Miserably – Opinion

Although the Democrats may have thought the January 6 Committee reaction would be dramatic, it is clear that there has been a mixed reaction.

CNN’s Chris Wallace expressed skepticism that the Committee was going to produce anything of worth.

“I’m kind of skeptical about what we’re going to see tonight and over the next couple of weeks,” Wallace said on CNN minutes before the hearing was set to begin.

Wallace said the committee had put itself in danger of falling victim to too much “hype” about its findings and “over-selling” what they have to tell the American people about the attack.

“You’ve got Jamie Raskin, one of the members of the committee, saying ‘this is going to blow the roof off the House,’ you’ve got Adam Kinzinger saying ‘It’s going to change history,” Wallace said.

We noted that they attempted to reduce expectations following these exaggerations. Bob Hoge, my colleague noted that it was a dud.

Wallace said it was also a poor look for the Committee to hire an ex-ABC official as a producer of the event. “I think that’s a bad look both for the committee and the mainstream media to seem that they are hand in glove with each other,” Wallace said. You think that’s a joke?

If you can’t even convince Chris Wallace…

Frank Luntz had several students watching with him the performance. Luntz claimed that the students tuned in quickly.

The hearing took nine minutes to produce anything other than a politician giving a speech via teleprompter.

That’s too long.

I have 10 students watching with me… And they aren’t watching anymore. They’re more interested in talking to each other than watching the screen.

— Frank Luntz (@FrankLuntz) June 10, 2022

“It’s too long,” said one of my students.

After 15 minutes, it’s just one politician speaking into the camera.

Literally no one is watching – the TV is on, but no one is watching.

— Frank Luntz (@FrankLuntz) June 10, 2022

Reporters may find this fascinating, but it will shock me if their thinking changes.

Within the first 35 minutes of class, only one student is attentive. #January6thCommitteeHearings

— Frank Luntz (@FrankLuntz) June 10, 2022

If they’re not tuning in at all (which is most people) or even after 35 minutes, you’ve lost most people.

More people were likely watching Fox, the one network that wasn’t covering the show trial live. Tucker Carlson probably summed it up for everyone with how much they’re trying to deflect from all the Biden and Democratic failures with this.

TUCKER. This is what’s going on right now. Meanwhile, gas is over 5 bucks…” pic.twitter.com/JY0OnFGTGx

— Breaking911 (@Breaking911) June 10, 2022