The hearing at times felt like gaslighting, with the CEOs trying to convince lawmakers that the evidence the House collected wasn't really evidence of anything (Kevin Roose/New York Times)

Kevin Roose / New York Times:

The hearing at times felt like gaslighting, with the CEOs trying to convince lawmakers that the evidence the House collected wasn’t really evidence of anything  —  It is less clear that tech executives’ strategy of evasive answers will continue to work now that lawmakers have begun doing their homework.