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Megyn Kelly blasts first lady after Fox calls her Dr. Jill Biden: ‘Get a real MD’
NY Post ^ | January 30, 2023 | Ariel Zilber

Posted on 01/30/2023 10:40:24 AM PST by dennisw

Megyn Kelly blasted the first lady after she was introduced on Fox as “Dr. Jill Biden” during the NFC Championship Game on Sunday, calling her a “wannabe” for not having a “real” degree and for “insisting on this fake title.”

Biden was sitting next to NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell in a luxury suite at Lincoln Financial Field in Philadelphia, where the first lady was rooting for her beloved Eagles during their decisive rout of the undermanned San Francisco 49ers on Sunday.

When Fox cameras showed Biden and Goodell in the box, the television network’s graphics introduced her as “Dr. Jill Biden — First Lady of the United States.”

“Announcers for this Eagles-49ers game just spotted the First Lady in a box and of course call her ‘Dr. Jill Biden,'” Kelly tweeted. “Wonder if she realizes what a wannabe she looks like insisting on this fake title.”

Kelly added: “Get a real MD or just work on your self-esteem.”

In 2007, Jill Biden earned a doctorate of education from the University of Delaware. When her husband, President Biden, served as Barack Obama’s vice president, Jill Biden taught English full-time at Northern Virginia Community College.

Jill Biden’s insistence on using the honorific even though she’s not a physician triggered widespread debate about which PhD recipients should be called “doctor.”

In December 2020, the Wall Street Journal published a much-discussed opinion piece by Joseph Epstein, who urged the first lady to do away with the title, “which feels fraudulent, even comic.”

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TOPICS: Business/Economy; Education
KEYWORDS: biden; drjill; education; meagain
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To: stanne

After plowing thru the flatulent bio on wikipedia, I confirmed she has an Ed.D aka “doctor of education”. Both are terminal degrees but the Ed.d is practice-based and thus easier to get than a research-based PhD. But she is entitled to use the honorific.


21 posted on 01/30/2023 10:51:41 AM PST by bigbob
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To: stanne

Here is one brief item on EdD.
https://www.uagc.edu/blog/edd-vs-phd-whats-the-difference


“And let’s be real about this. The quality of Ed.D programs vary wildly. I have yet to see the research that shows the degree is correlated with stronger leadership or academic results in a school district. It’s a practical degree designed for educational management positions, and doesn’t require the same rigorous research of a PhD dissertation. And I’m sorry, it’s not really in the same ballpark as a medical degree.” Excerpted from the following:

Even the worst school leaders love to call themselves doctor

https://headinthesandblog.org/2017/06/ed-d-school-leaders-demand-called-doctor-please-get/


Are EdD still called Doctor?
What is an EdD Degree? An EdD, or Doctor of Education, is a professional doctorate best suited for experienced educators and mid- to senior-level working professionals who want to lead and implement change within their organization. notheastern.edu site Sep 12, 2019

There are others saying the EdD should be ended.


22 posted on 01/30/2023 10:52:16 AM PST by frank ballenger (You have summoned up a thundercloud. You're gonna hear from me. Anthem by Leonard Cohen)
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To: dennisw

She is as much a “Dr.” as Dr. Dre.


23 posted on 01/30/2023 10:52:22 AM PST by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: j.havenfarm
“Ph.D”, not “Edson”

Howinthehell does spell-check come up with that?

24 posted on 01/30/2023 10:52:48 AM PST by NorthMountain (... the right of the peopIe to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed)
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To: dennisw

Most universities recognize the PhD as the highest degree offered. Bill Cosby, like Jill Biden, holds an Ed.D. degree.


25 posted on 01/30/2023 10:53:03 AM PST by Huskrrrr (Alinsky, you magnificent Bastard, I read your book!)
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Remember callers would call Michael Savage Dr. Savage?


26 posted on 01/30/2023 10:53:47 AM PST by TakebackGOP
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To: dennisw

I have two brothers with PhDs.
One in a hard science (hydrology) the other in “Education”.
(The rest of my brothers have a Masters. My sister and I just have a Bachelors)

They both agree that is it impossible for anyone with a degree in “Education” to be a ‘real’ PhD. The issue is lack of a deep mathematics education...

The funny part - to me - is that the Edu brother learned German to be able read/understand the primary source for much of his math studies. Turns out, Statisticians don’t make as much as teachers.... so, he turned to the dark side.

*Dr Jill* is an outright joke. I am reminded of the phrase “Pretentions twit”


27 posted on 01/30/2023 10:54:17 AM PST by ASOC (This space for rent)
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To: dennisw

Elena Ceausescu: Greatest Scientist Ever — except she was a fraud

https://paperpile.com/blog/elena-ceausescu-scientist-fraud/


28 posted on 01/30/2023 10:56:09 AM PST by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: dennisw

...seated next to Dr. Roger Goodell, watching all the Philadelphia Doctors play.


29 posted on 01/30/2023 10:57:35 AM PST by DPMD (ua)
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To: stanne

Uh, make that an EdD. Very little philosophy learned in her case.


30 posted on 01/30/2023 10:58:27 AM PST by DPMD (ua)
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To: DPMD

LOLOL!


31 posted on 01/30/2023 10:59:15 AM PST by SgtHooper (If you remember the 60's, YOU WEREN'T THERE!)
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To: stanne

“Nothing fake about a PhD.”
what always is missing is an adjective, such as medical.
astrophysics, or educational, et al.
Takes a lot of time and effort to get a PhD, I respect that, but acting like something you are not is not ethical. Much of our population are stupid and easily taken in.


32 posted on 01/30/2023 10:59:18 AM PST by rellic
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To: dennisw
Same, except that Papa Doc was smarter and knew how to use voodoo on his enemies.

She does, too. Haven't you noticed that zombie that is always following her around?

33 posted on 01/30/2023 11:00:50 AM PST by TangoLimaSierra (⭐⭐To the Left, The Truth is Right Wing Violence⭐⭐)
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To: dennisw

Reminiscent of Maya Angelou, who referred to herself as Doctor, based on an honorary Doctor of Letters by some university or other.


34 posted on 01/30/2023 11:01:29 AM PST by DPMD (ua)
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To: stanne
Yes and “doctor” means teacher. It's physicians who are the johnny come latelys to the prefix.
IMO the problem is that they made a “discipline” out of teaching. There's more difficulty in being an auto mechanic.
35 posted on 01/30/2023 11:02:15 AM PST by Varda
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To: stanne
Jill Biden is NOT a PhD. She is is an EdD. Not the same by a long shot. And she is not a mathematician or physicist. She is an ESL teacher, teaching English to ignorant Salvadorans.

But she is not even good enough to lick the shoes of this guy: Harold Ramis teachs English (youtube).

36 posted on 01/30/2023 11:02:46 AM PST by Governor Dinwiddie (LORD, grant thy people grace to withstand the temptations of the world, the flesh, and the devil.)
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To: SgtHooper

“LOL! That’s like calling PedoJoe, PRESIDENT!”

or Hunter an artist?


37 posted on 01/30/2023 11:07:00 AM PST by alternatives? (The only reason to have an army is to defend your borders.)
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To: stanne

why can’t we call the PhDs Philosophers as in Philosopher Biden. And call MDs doctors as in Dr Seigle


38 posted on 01/30/2023 11:08:33 AM PST by Karoo
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To: Governor Dinwiddie

“Son of beech....Sheet!”


39 posted on 01/30/2023 11:08:38 AM PST by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: Dilbert San Diego

“A PhD is a doctorate degree but is not the same as a medical doctor.”

Neither of which she has.


40 posted on 01/30/2023 11:09:29 AM PST by Magic Fingers (Political correctness mutates in order to remain virulent.)
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