Seth Meyers was disgusted however unsurprised by Fox Information’ choice to not air Thursday night’s listening to regarding the U.S. Capitol riot, noting that the conservative community was a “key suspect in it.”
“That may be like if Court docket TV’s protection of the O.J. [Simpson] trial had been hosted by O.J.,” the “Late Evening” host quipped in his Thursday night time present, taped forward of the reside listening to of the Home Choose committee investigating the Jan. 6, 2021, assault.
Fox Information was the one main community that didn't air the proceedings. As an alternative, hosts Tucker Carlson and Sean Hannity went forward with their common programming ― with none business breaks all through the listening to ― and disparaged and mischaracterized its findings.
“Fox was an lively participant in spreading the large lie that led to the tried coup and has since helped whitewash and canopy up what occurred,” Meyers mentioned, noting that the Jan. 6 committee had already revealed non-public texts from Fox Information hosts Laura Ingraham, Sean Hannity and Brian Kilmeade to then-White Home chief of workers Mark Meadows on the day of the riot.
All three urged former President Donald Trump to cease his supporters.
“Think about if the committee learn these textual content messages after which Fox reduce to Hannity or Ingraham,” Meyers mentioned. “It’d be like watching that ‘Planet Earth’ clip the place the snakes chase the iguana, after which on the finish, they reduce to an interview with the snakes.”
“They knew it was his fault, and so they knew he had the facility to cease it. They gained’t say that in public, however they did say it in non-public.”
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