# Jan 6 Hearings Follow-Along & Commentary Thread (Starts Jun 9, 2022) **URL:** \ **Category:** Politics & Elections\ **Created:** [June 9, 2022, 10:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jan-6-hearings-follow-along-commentary-thread-starts-jun-9-2022/965940 "2022-06-09T22:34:49Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![kitap](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b9e5f3/32.png) [@kitap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kitap)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2022, 2:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jan-6-hearings-follow-along-commentary-thread-starts-jun-9-2022/965940/41 "2022-06-10T02:17:55Z")
My dad and I went to a local chain for dinner. To my surprise they were showing the hearing on a couple of the TV screens. We watched that and NCAA track and field. I work nights so I slept through January 6. Some of that previously seen footage was new to me. I found Caroline Edwards very believable. ---
**Author:** ![ThelmaLou](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thelmalou/32/390_2.png) [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2022, 2:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jan-6-hearings-follow-along-commentary-thread-starts-jun-9-2022/965940/42 "2022-06-10T02:18:09Z")
Can someone take one for the team and tell us how FAUX is reporting this-- tonight, tomorrow, hereafter, _per omnia saecula saeculorum_? Surely they can’t just ignore the fact of the proceedings completely. ---
**Author:** ![Aspenglow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aspenglow/32/76_2.png) [@Aspenglow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aspenglow)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2022, 2:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jan-6-hearings-follow-along-commentary-thread-starts-jun-9-2022/965940/43 "2022-06-10T02:22:57Z")
Moderating: > [@JohnT](#): > > So don’t compare the outcomes, thx. Don’t junior-mod, please. > [@Jungian\_Camisole1](#): > > Don’t be a snot, thx. Dial back on the personal attacks, please. No warnings issued. ---
**Author:** ![Aspenglow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aspenglow/32/76_2.png) [@Aspenglow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aspenglow)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2022, 2:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jan-6-hearings-follow-along-commentary-thread-starts-jun-9-2022/965940/44 "2022-06-10T02:25:15Z")
> [@kitap](#): > > I work nights so I slept through January 6. Some of that previously seen footage was new to me. I’m curious. If you can, will you watch additional presentations by the Committee? ---
**Author:** ![Spoons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spoons/32/3141_2.png) [@Spoons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoons)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2022, 2:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jan-6-hearings-follow-along-commentary-thread-starts-jun-9-2022/965940/45 "2022-06-10T02:27:56Z")
Watching the after-hearing on CNN. Jake Tapper is interviewing Mr. Thompson. ---
**Author:** ![Sage\_Rat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sage_rat/32/399_2.png) [@Sage\_Rat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sage_Rat)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2022, 2:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jan-6-hearings-follow-along-commentary-thread-starts-jun-9-2022/965940/46 "2022-06-10T02:33:37Z")
> [@kitap](#): > > I found Caroline Edwards very believable. I was curious that Quested made clear that he was there on subpoena. Not sure if it’s that he doesn’t like being put in the position or if his sympathies are off. ---
**Author:** ![kitap](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b9e5f3/32.png) [@kitap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kitap)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2022, 2:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jan-6-hearings-follow-along-commentary-thread-starts-jun-9-2022/965940/47 "2022-06-10T02:33:58Z")
Yes. I think it’s important. ---
**Author:** ![Aspenglow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aspenglow/32/76_2.png) [@Aspenglow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aspenglow)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2022, 2:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jan-6-hearings-follow-along-commentary-thread-starts-jun-9-2022/965940/48 "2022-06-10T02:35:38Z")
Thanks for sharing your thoughts. I am in complete agreement with you about how important this is. I’m just interested to learn if tonight’s hearing “grabbed” people enough for them to want to see and learn more. ---
**Author:** ![nearwildheaven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/90db22/32.png) [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2022, 2:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jan-6-hearings-follow-along-commentary-thread-starts-jun-9-2022/965940/49 "2022-06-10T02:38:27Z")
C-SPAN? That’s where I’ve been watching it, because they don’t have diarrhea-of-the-mouth commentators. ---
**Author:** ![wguy123](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wguy123/32/3161_2.png) [@wguy123](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wguy123)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2022, 2:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jan-6-hearings-follow-along-commentary-thread-starts-jun-9-2022/965940/50 "2022-06-10T02:38:39Z")
I used to think the web version of Fox News was OK compared to the broadcast, but even they aren’t focused on this. What’s the big news over on the Fox News website? [![](https://i.imgur.com/7eGRONL.png) ](https://i.imgur.com/7eGRONL.png) ---
**Author:** ![Ann\_Hedonia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ann_hedonia/32/319_2.png) [@Ann\_Hedonia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ann_Hedonia)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2022, 2:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jan-6-hearings-follow-along-commentary-thread-starts-jun-9-2022/965940/51 "2022-06-10T02:38:55Z")
My guess is that, as a filmmaker covering controversial subjects, he knows that if he voluntarily testified against the people he’s filming it would make it difficult to get the access he needs to make good documentaries. ---
**Author:** ![nearwildheaven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/90db22/32.png) [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2022, 2:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jan-6-hearings-follow-along-commentary-thread-starts-jun-9-2022/965940/52 "2022-06-10T02:40:23Z")
Has anyone REALLY taken one for the team, and checked out the footage on OANN or Newsmax? ---
**Author:** ![JohnGalt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johngalt/32/184_2.png) [@JohnGalt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnGalt)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2022, 2:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jan-6-hearings-follow-along-commentary-thread-starts-jun-9-2022/965940/53 "2022-06-10T02:41:29Z")
They should have started with the video of the storming of the Capitol intermixed with the timestamps and Trump’s speech. (I wasn’t aware that the match had started even before the speech.) The first twenty or thirty minutes should have been devoted to capturing an audience, instead of talking heads. I thought Liz droned on too much about what was to come in future hearings; that could have been at the very end. ---
**Author:** ![Spoons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spoons/32/3141_2.png) [@Spoons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoons)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2022, 2:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jan-6-hearings-follow-along-commentary-thread-starts-jun-9-2022/965940/54 "2022-06-10T02:43:56Z")
> [@ThelmaLou](#): > > Can someone take one for the team and tell us how FAUX is reporting this-- tonight, tomorrow, hereafter, _per omnia saecula saeculorum_ ? Surely they can’t just ignore the fact of the proceedings completely. I can’t answer your question as regards Fox, but I just had a quick took at a RWNJ message board. It was obvious that they were watching the proceedings, via whatever source, even if the hearing wasn’t on Fox. Reactions posted were about what you’d expert: “partisan witch hunt,” “a joke,” “BLM/Antifa riots were worse, and they’re not being investigated,” and so on. And they were actually trying to read something into the color of Liz Cheney’s suit! Apparently, she wore a blue suit, which apparently symbolizes that she’s really a Democrat. Typical comment on this matter: “… it’s funny to see an alleged Republican [i.e. Liz Cheney] wearing blue, the color of the DNC, during her interview for a position at MSNBC after she gets bounced out of politics in a few months.” ---
**Author:** ![rocking\_chair](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rocking_chair/32/2918_2.png) [@rocking\_chair](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rocking_chair)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2022, 2:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jan-6-hearings-follow-along-commentary-thread-starts-jun-9-2022/965940/55 "2022-06-10T02:45:15Z")
From what I am given to understand from the New York Times; mr Carlson had a commercial free hour to go on about: how it wasn’t an insurrection, belittling the committee’s findings, and mocking the members of the committee. ---
**Author:** ![Spoons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spoons/32/3141_2.png) [@Spoons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoons)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2022, 2:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jan-6-hearings-follow-along-commentary-thread-starts-jun-9-2022/965940/56 "2022-06-10T02:52:05Z")
Now, Jake Tapper has Nick Quested (the filmmaker), on CNN, on the broadcast. Maybe, we’ll find out about that subpoena remark. ---
**Author:** ![jsc1953](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/5daacb/32.png) [@jsc1953](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jsc1953)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2022, 2:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jan-6-hearings-follow-along-commentary-thread-starts-jun-9-2022/965940/57 "2022-06-10T02:55:29Z")
I _really_ want to hear about these several Republican congresspeople who tried to get pardons. I want them to stand before the cameras and their electorate and explain. ---
**Author:** ![wguy123](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wguy123/32/3161_2.png) [@wguy123](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wguy123)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2022, 2:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jan-6-hearings-follow-along-commentary-thread-starts-jun-9-2022/965940/58 "2022-06-10T02:59:25Z")
Their electorate won’t hear about it. Their electorate’s main news source isn’t carrying this. ---
**Author:** ![Duckster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/duckster/32/1244_2.png) [@Duckster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Duckster)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2022, 3:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jan-6-hearings-follow-along-commentary-thread-starts-jun-9-2022/965940/59 "2022-06-10T03:00:36Z")
> [@jsc1953](#): > > I _really_ want to hear about these several Republican congresspeople who tried to get pardons. I want them to stand before the cameras and their electorate and explain. Congressman Scott Perry of Pennsylvania was named by Cheney. ---
**Author:** ![StraightTalk](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/straighttalk/32/9982_2.png) [@StraightTalk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/StraightTalk)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2022, 3:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jan-6-hearings-follow-along-commentary-thread-starts-jun-9-2022/965940/60 "2022-06-10T03:03:49Z")
> [@JohnT](#): > > My God, the man was fine. He was supposed to be calm, collected, and refer to the racist origins of Trump’s supporters, and he did exactly that. Yes, he was fine. But he could have been much better and much more compelling while still being calm and collected. I guess I think we need better than “fine”. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jan-6-hearings-follow-along-commentary-thread-starts-jun-9-2022/965940.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jan-6-hearings-follow-along-commentary-thread-starts-jun-9-2022/965940.md?page=4)