"This panel, led by Congressman [Scott] Fitzgerald, who's right there in Wisconsin, has witnesses solely on one side of the issue. There is no effort. We've offered many witnesses, and there's no effort to have a balanced group."
MSNBC's entire prime time lineup on June 8 — All In with Chris Hayes, Alex Wagner Tonight, and Last Word with Lawrence O’Donnell — made up the top three cable news programs of the week.
The town hall also dominated that night in cable news among adults 25-54, more than doubling its time slot competitor from FNC, Life, Liberty and Levin.
The news story of the charges against the former President — the first POTUS in U.S. history to be officially criminally charged — broke at 6:00 PM Eastern that night.
It ranked as cable's top adults 25-54 performance of the week (ending Jan. 1) outside of ESPN's football coverage and Paramount Network's "Yellowstone" and prequel series "1923".
"This panel, led by Congressman [Scott] Fitzgerald, who's right there in Wisconsin, has witnesses solely on one side of the issue. There is no effort. We've offered many witnesses, and there's no effort to have a balanced group."
"That is not an indictment of Pat [McAfee]. It's not an indictment of Disney. It's the reality of the relationship that exists between the people who pay and the people who get paid."