In his opening remarks on “Real Time with Bill Maher” on Friday, the host said: “Fox News would not even show it. They had their normal schedule. “They uploaded it to the Fox Business Network because I think we could all agree that this is a business story.” “The Fox News website today had – you know what… was the big thing? Britney Spears. One of her ex crashed her wedding. “It’s like the Washington Post was telling a story about Cher falling into the pool during Watergate.” The House Electoral Committee held its first public hearing on Thursday in a bid to argue that former President Trump played a central role in a conspiracy to stay in power after the 2020 presidential election. During the hearing, the panel broadcast excerpts from the testimony of former Attorney General William Barr and the daughter of former President Ivanka Trump. It also included live testimony from Capitol Officer Caroline Edwards and documentary Nick Quested. Fox News Media announced before the committee hearing earlier this week that it would not broadcast live, continuous coverage of the hearing on its main channel. Instead, the cover would be on Fox Business with presenters Martha MacCallum and Bret Baier. Another prime-time listening coverage was offered on Fox Nation, Fox News Digital and Fox News Audio. Its local subsidiaries across the US also carried live coverage. Pence will travel to see the southern border, deliver a speech in Arizona: Republicans report proposing religious, family values as solution to gun violence Fox News Media said it would “cover the hearings as news” on its main channel. “Everyone is upset that Fox’s is not covering it live,” Fox News prime-time presenter Laura Ingraham said on Tuesday. “We are actually doing something called, you know, serving our audience. Our audience knows what this is. We will cover it and we will do enough coverage… but it is the theater, the total theater “. The Hill contacted Fox News for comment.