On February 13, 2008, a House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform hearing was
broadcast on CNN, C-SPAN, and MSNBC. The attention of these networks was not surprising;
they typically air congressional hearings and events. What was unusual was that viewers
could also find the hearings on FOX, ABC, CBS, NBC, and ESPN. One of the hearing's key
witnesses was Roger Clemens, a 24-year veteran of Major League Baseball who holds seven Cy
Young awards. For more than four hours that day, Clemens was questioned by the committee
regarding his alleged use of steroids (U. S. Congress 2008c).