FLASHBACK June 6, 2022: James Goldston, the Philip Zelikow of J6, wants to ‘draw the eyeballs’ of Americans to EXPLOSIVE material

The House’s Jan. 6 committee has turned to a renowned former network news executive to hone a mountain of explosive material into a captivating multimedia presentation for a prime-time hearing Thursday.

  • James Goldston — former president of ABC News, and a master documentary storyteller who ran “Good Morning America” and “Nightline” — has joined the committee as an unannounced adviser, Axios has learned.

Why it matters: I’m told Goldston is busily producing Thursday’s 8 p.m. ET hearing as if it were a blockbuster investigative special.

  • He plans to make it raw enough so that skeptical journalists will find the material fresh, and chew over the disclosures in future coverage.
  • And he wants it to draw the eyeballs of Americans who haven’t followed the ins and outs of the Capitol riot probe.

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