It matters that Fox TV and Fox News simply ignore the Jan. 6 hearings
. Over on Fox News, Sean Hannity said of the proceedings his channel declined to air, “It’s really just a cheap, selectively edited political ad.” Oddly enough, Fox News and Hannity featured in the proceedings he chose to simultaneously ignore and demean.
There’s the rub. Haberman accurately pointed out that the purpose of Thursday’s hearings was to establish, again, that there is, “An existential threat posed by Donald Trump.” That threat is posed to both the Republican Party and to American democracy. But, given the decision by two Fox channels to ignore the hearings, a disturbing question arises: What if Trump and Trumpism are now baked into the political atmosphere and cultural climate in the United States?
A lot of the evidence presented at last Thursday’s mid-season finale of televised hearings was about hypocrisy. There was great glee in showing Missouri Senator Josh Hawley running like the blazes from the mob he had earlier encouraged with a fist pump. There was ample scorn to be aimed at Trump’s ineptitude in making video statements on Jan. 6 and the following day.
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