Chairman Rep. Bennie Thompson, D-MS, speaks during a hearing by the House Select Committee investigating the January 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol on July 27, 2021 at the Canon House Office Building in Washington, DC. (Photo by Oliver Contreras/Pool/Sipa USA)
DC: House Select Committee investigating the January 6 attack
NEW YORK (AP) — Nielsen numbers tell us how many people watched live coverage of the Jan. 6 committee hearings — 20 million the first night, 11 million the second and nearly 9 million for the third. Yet those traditional yardsticks don’t begin to account for the true impact of what is being said.
Memorable moments from each hearing are sliced for quick consumption online, and on television news and comedy shows — almost certainly reaching a larger audience than watched them originally, and sealing them in the public memory. Liz Cheney’s prediction, a previously little-known breakout star and Rudy Giuliani’s alcohol intake stand out so far.
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