Less than ten percent of the public watched Jan 6 hearings closely

Evidence

Less than 10 percent of the public acknowledged watching the hearings “very closely.” The hearings must grab the attention of ordinary people in order to build support for reparations, which is why the public figure appointments would be crucial. The PtSD Commission would need buzz to capture the public’s attention in a world full of distractions. The task ahead of the commission would not be for the faint of heart. — Dorothy A. Brown, Getting to Reparations, 529

Categorization

• SHARE: For anyone tracking the political-impact question of televised hearings — the audience-failure stat is directly relevant to commission design.
• CANDY: Light stat: sub-10% closely watched the Jan 6 hearings, a neat dinner-table anecdote about political spectacle.
• XREF: connects to: Public hearings are preference tallies, not meaningful deliberation