Democracy Dies in Darkness

Opinion Jim Jordan’s new stunt reveals the folly of ‘governing by Fox News’

Columnist
April 13, 2023 at 6:30 a.m. EDT
Rep. Jim Jordan (R-Ohio) in Fort Washington, Md., on March 2. (Jabin Botsford/The Washington Post)
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Who could have predicted that structuring congressional hearings around the overriding goal of generating content for Fox News would prove to be a recipe for buffoonish failure?

After winning the House last November, GOP leaders threatened a wave of investigations that would expose all manner of Biden administration corruption. Since then, the results have disappointed even Republicans, who admit party leaders inflated expectations for these hearings, which they have utterly failed to meet.