Deadline issued an editor’s note after legal and TV critic Dominic Patten took shots at the January 6 committee hearings Thursday. It appears the line was cut in an updated version of the piece. (RELATED: Poll Numbers Don’t Look Good For Democrats’ Prime Time Capitol Riot Theater)Patten agreed with Fox News hosts that the hearings are “political theater.” He then said the hearings “were not produced that well” and may increase support among conservatives and Republicans in the midterm elections. “The Fox hosts were right in their assessment. What they failed to state is that the hearing wasn’t produced that well and may actually only harden the MAGA/GOP opposition in this year of midterm elections,” Patten wrote.

Source: New York Times June 10, 2022 20:16 UTC