The Fatiguingly Lame Impeachment Hearings

Why are we supposed to care about the back-and-forth of unelected busybodies?

The big three networks have been dutifully airing the impeachment hearings since last week, but CBS’s move on Tuesday to truncate its coverage suggests that some TV executives are rethinking that decision. One can’t blame them. Watching congressional hacks pore over the back-and-forth of unelected busybodies is boring as hell. To say the impeachment hearings so far have been less than riveting is an understatement. And the viewing numbers bear that out: they are anemic compared to the...