The hearing of RFK Jr. is such a bust that both Fox News and Newsmax no longer air it live.
Fox News and Newsmax have both given up their live coverage:
Newsmax also abandoned ship at RFK Jr.’s hearing. pic.twitter.com/pLO3cit1gr
— Sarah Reese Jones (@PoliticianSarah) July 20, 2023
There are a number of reasons why the conservative networks have abandoned the hearing.
First, Representative Stacey Plaskett (D-VI) aborted RFK Jr.:
Plaskett brazenly explains what Jordan is doing: “They want to force social media companies to promote conspiracy theories because they think this is the only way their candidate can win the 2024 election. They want to bully experts into giving up their work on disinformation.” pic.twitter.com/XjvrvfpYcW
— Sarah Reese Jones (@PoliticianSarah) July 20, 2023
The second reason is that the cable networks are closely monitoring their real-time viewership, and the decision to proceed with the hearing suggests that viewers dropped out and ratings dropped for the live coverage.
Jim Jordan has managed to pull off such a non-newsworthy hearing that even Fox News and Newsmax viewers aren’t buyingdoing it.
The one defining feature of Jim Jordan’s weaponization of government hearings is that they failed generate some coverage outside the conservative media bubble. The hearing of RFK Jr. is so bad it can’t hold the attention of conservatives.
Unsurprisingly, Jordan’s latest attempt to help Trump has failed. Republicans should be alarmed that Jordan’s failure rate is mounting, and he’s gotten to the point where he can’t even hold the MAGAs.
The RFJ Jr. hearing is Jim Jordan’s biggest failure yet in his bid to help Trump return to the White House in 2024.