Jen Psaki Responds to Backlash Over Her Vulgar Shot at Fox News' Peter Doocy

By Jack Davis

April 16, 2022 at 9:48am

White House press secretary Jen Psaki says her denigration of Fox News reporter Peter Doocy was just professionals talking the way professionals do.

On Thursday, Psaki was interviewed for the podcast “Pod Save America,” during which a reference was made to a January hot mic comment in which President Joe Biden, irked by a Doocy comment, called the reporter a “stupid son of a b—h.”

Psaki was asked whether that actually was a fair characterization.

“He works for a network that provides people with questions that, nothing personal to any individual including Peter Doocy, but might make anyone sound like a stupid son of a b—h,” Psaki replied.

It did not go over so well.

Meghan McCain twist ed the knife, commenting that Fox News is “the only cable network Jen Psaki hasn’t negotiated a fat check with to go work for. How is language like this toward @pdoocy ‘respecting everyone’ and ‘healing the soul of America.’”

The backlash prompted Psaki to respond on Twitter.

“Full video shows I also told a story about Peter’s grace last night and made very clear I was not being critical of him or any reporter at Fox, and instead was critical of the slant of some Fox topics. He is doing his job. I am doing mine. We debate. We disagree. I respect that,” she wrote.

Her reference was to her fears that Doocy would use the Biden comment from January as a chance to slam the president.

As noted by the New York Post, Psaki only offered that comment after she was asked if she could tell “a nice Peter Doocy story” before recounting her experience watching Doocy’s “Hannity” appearance after Biden called the reporter to apologize.

But Psaki’s comment did not calm the waters.

<Fox News itself issued a statement defending Doocy.

“In his role as White House correspondent, Peter Doocy’s job is to elicit truth from power for the American public,” the statement said, according to New York Post. “His questions are his own, he is a terrific reporter and we are extremely proud of his work.”

However, CNN’s Brian Stetler came to Psaki’s defense, according to the Daily Mail.

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Poster Comment:

Professionalism does not include expletives in a public setting. This is like catching someone on a hot mic.

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