Fox News showed its true ugly colors last Monday when the House select committee probing the Jan. 6 insurrection voted to hold former president Donald Trump’s chief of staff Mark Meadows in contempt of Congress for thumbing his nose at the House subpoena by failing to appear. MSNBC and CNN provided live coverage of the event.

But Fox News was nowhere to be found. They did not provide a single second of live coverage. And that vote was probably the most important news story of the day. Along with shocking reports that Fox News anchors Laura Ingraham, Sean Hannity and Brian Kilmeade had sent texts to Meadows on Jan. 6 asking him to persuade Trump to stop the riots.

It’s as if Fox News was hoping the public would forget about it. Hoping you didn’t notice it.

Yeah, some law-and-order network. They constantly vilify cities headed by Democrats for their high crime rates. They constantly bash the defund the police movement, which very few Democrats support.

Yet, this same so-called law-and order network was silent when Steve Bannon was held in contempt by the House for refusing to comply with a congressional subpoena, for which he is now facing criminal charges. And Meadows, for doing the same.

Kudos to every member of the select committee, including Republicans Adam Kinzinger and Liz Cheney, who also joined all the Democrats during the full House vote.

And kudos to MSNBC and CNN for showing the nation they are real news networks, not a propaganda arm for one political party, like Fox News.

Herb Vermaas, Salem