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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Hello Clueless .
Fake Jill has a Sorry Ed.D not a Phd .
Its a sorry Nothing degree .
Jill Biden doesn’t have a PhD. She has a EdD. It’s a different degree.
Usually non-medical doctoral degree holders don’t use “Doctor” outside of a professional setting. My DVM is Doctor only around the office or around other vets or vet practice customers.
She has a ED .D not a Phd .
"Hey, you! Almost a doctor!"
E.D.D is now considered equivalent to Ph.D., but of course it is not.
“but rather a lesser Ed.D”
By accepted protocol, are those people referred to as “Doctor”?
You are right .
Its a part time community college degree .
But..she identifies as a PhD. That is all that is important today.
How about an honorary degree bestowed for a large grant of taxpayer money, as real as Joe Biden’s professorship I quess..
LOL - you leftists are truly low IQ bowling balls.
When you need heart surgery from the deadly & fake vaccines, be sure to have a PhD do your surgery and NOT a MD.
lol so true
Agree
I have many phds in my social circle and work w MDs. The PhDs don’t insist on being called doctor.
Kelly is not right on this one. There are many many things she could slam Jill Biden for and should
Also to bring to people’s minds that a phd is low. That’s terrible.
“PhDs are doctors. They are literally doctors”
The average person doesn’t know that, and she has a Ph.D in education, which is like about two extra years of high school effort.
That is an even stupider response than the last one ...
Any grandmother who dresses like this long ago gave up any shame.
I guess she has an EdD... not PhD but it is still a doctorate.
My point is that there are SO MANY OTHER issues that Meghan could harp on... REAL significant issues... this is so petty of her, it make her.
Is she thinking this will somehow redeem her in the eyes of Trump supporters for the dirty trick she tried to pull on Trump?
Looks like Megan has blood shooting out of her...whatever, again.
Jill’s not even a Ph.D. She’s an Ed.D.
I have a friend who is an Ed.D., and though she is a lovely woman, she is as dumb as a rock. Ok, maybe not that dumb, but you get my point. She can be very pretentious when she wants to exude that persona, but she is good-hearted and generous in many ways.
It could be taken as petty, although IMO anyone who insists on being called “doctor” outside of the professional setting that’s applicable to their degree sets themselves up for potshots. It reminds me of the tool on Seinfeld who insisted on always being referred to as “Maestro”.
“where the first lady was rooting for her beloved Eagles”
That’s enough for me to root for KC.
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