Posted on 01/24/2022 9:52:54 PM PST by SeekAndFind
We reported earlier on how President Biden attacked Fox News reporter Peter Doocy during a Monday event at the White House after Doocy asked him if he thought inflation “was a political liability.”
Thinking his mic was turned off, Biden let his “angry man” side come out and proceeded to call Doocy a “stupid son-of-a-b*tch” as reporters were predictably being herded out of the room like cattle. For those who missed the wild moment, watch below:
The President of the United States just called Peter Doocy "a stupid son-of-a-bitch." pic.twitter.com/rQQo3n1IZ7
— Townhall.com (@townhallcom) January 24, 2022
Doocy later appeared on “The Five” program on Fox News to discuss what happened, and not only did he share the interesting backstory behind it (the reason behind the question), but he also had a great response to the incident, laughing about it and telling host Jesse Watters that no fact checks had been done on Biden’s comments so they must have been true:
“So I shouted… ‘Okay, what about inflation? Do you think inflation is a political liability in the midterms?’” Doocy said. “I couldn’t even hear him because people were shouting at us to get out. But somebody came up to me in the briefing room a few minutes later and said, ‘Did you hear what the president said?’ And I said, ‘No, what?’ They said, ‘He called you stupid SOB.’ And I said, Did he say ‘SOB’ and the person said, ‘No.’”
“So Doocy, I think the president’s right, you are a stupid SOB,” co-host Jesse Watters quipped.
“Yeah, nobody has fact-checked him yet and said it’s not true,” Doocy replied.
Watch:
I love how Peter Doocy handled the President of the United States calling him a "son of a b***" with humor and class — better than anyone at ABC, CBS, NBC, CNN, MSNBC, The New York Times, Washington Post, etc. during the Trump years. pic.twitter.com/l3B4d0Mc9O
— Curtis Houck (@CurtisHouck) January 24, 2022
But while Doocy was taking it all in stride, other members of the media including supposed “stalwart defenders of the free press” couldn’t be bothered to condemn Biden and engaged in laughter, mockery, and/or pious “no big deal” lecturing.
Some, like CNN’s Brian Stelter and Oliver Darcy, set about retweeting hot takes from other reporters (RTs of other people’s comments are Stelter’s and Darcy’s version of “reporting” on stories they’d rather not discuss) like this one from Vulture/WTOP movie and TV critic Jen Chaney, who had earlier stated Biden was “not incorrect” about Doocy:
Of course this will probably be the lead story on Fox News for the next two days, turning it into a thing when it should really be a blip.
— Jen Chaney (@chaneyj) January 24, 2022
Stelter’s only actual “reporting” contribution outside of RTs was this straight-news write-up of what happened, which is in stark contrast to how he reacted to similar instances involving Trump:
“At the end of a Biden photo op, when reporters shouted Q’s hoping he’d respond, Fox’s Peter Doocy asked, “Do you think inflation is a political liability in the midterms?” Biden deadpanned: ‘It’s a great asset—more inflation. What a stupid son of a bitch.'”
MSNBC host Chris Hayes, who like Stelter and Darcy during the Trump years erupted whenever Trump went after CNN’s Jim Acosta, simply tweeted “literal lol” in response to the story of what Biden said to Doocy.
Joe Concha, a media critic for “The Hill,” noticed what a lot of so-called “reporters” were doing as well and the remarkable differences between their reactions now and how they were when Trump was president:
“When Trump would say such a thing to a reporter, the outrage was off the charts. Some of the same folks in this business are cheering this on or staying silent, of course, underscoring how phony said outrage was.”
CNN used to give a week’s worth of coverage to stories like this when it involved their reporters or reporters at other outlets other than Fox News. This time around? Not gonna happen.
Though I think Doocy had the right response, in my opinion, Fox News as a news organization should play hardball with the White House on this and in the other instance involving a Fox News reporter, where Biden called a question asked by Jacqui Heinrich “stupid,” just as CNN did over the Jim Acosta and Kaitlan Collins stuff with Trump. Funny thing is that during that time, Fox News actually joined other media outlets in defending Acosta and Collins.
Think CNN and MSNBC will do the same with Doocy in this case? Don’t bet on it. From the looks of things, they are taking the view that Doocy deserved it, as have a bunch of Twitter blue checks who got “Go Joe” to trend after the President’s attack.
These people are nothing if not predictable, that’s for danged sure. What absolute frauds.
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Brandon’s reply to Peter Doocy after getting asked the question was essentially a triggered grandpa saying GET OFF MY LAWN!
My favorite Doocy Hauser moment was when he congratulated Biden on his new grandson, who was the child of the stripper Hunter knocked up and had to sue him for child support.
I would have asked Biden, is your grandson named Burisma?
Peter did not deserve the snark because it was a legitimate question. Acosta made his living attacking Trump and Trump righteously responded. It was total warfare with fake news to bring down PDJT.
A typical junior-high response. 🥱
I like the sound of “go joe”
“. . .Biden deadpanned. . .”
It’s called “Parkinsons Mask” (hypomimia) and it’s a symptom he is not well.
I remember when W immortalized Clymer as an A$$hole, followed by Clymer being a regular Freeper term.
https://apnews.com/article/mazie-hirono-b07074bd3d584c768fa2836f061e1e14
Mazie Hirono: ‘We Democrats know so much’ that we tend to alienate voters
By Jessica Chasmar The Washington Times, December 5, 2018
Sen. Mazie Hirono suggested that Democrats have a hard time connecting with voters because their breadth of knowledge tends to turn people off.
The Hawaii Democrat made the comment during a discussion at the “Bend Towards Justice” conference in Washington when she was asked by Slate editor Dahlia Lithwick how to make the judicial system a top campaign issue for voters.
“One of the things that we Democrats have a really hard time is connecting to people’s hearts instead of here,” Ms. Hirono responded, pointing at her head, according to a clip flagged by the Republic National Committee. “We’re really good at shoving out all the information that touch people here [points to the brain] but not here [points to the heart].”
“I’ve been saying it at all our Senate Democratic retreats we need to speak to the heart, not in a manipulative way, not in a way that brings forth everybody’s fears and resentments, but truly to speak to the heart so that people know that we’re actually on their side,” she continued.
“We have to kind of tell everyone how smart we are, and so we have a tendency to be very left-brain,” the senator added.
Add Ms. Hirono: “We Democrats know so much” it can alienate voters.
… You son of a Brandon!! Or… son of a female dog? Which is worse?
While the pResident’s insult was childish I thought the answer he gave was sarcasm. Of course higher inflation will be a millstone around the neck of every democrat running for re-election and deservedly so.
So while I hope that G-d takes Xiden into His bosom sooner rather than later, and KamalToe resigns and Pelousey chokes on her ice cream spoon, this is not something to make a big deal about.
MORE IMPORTANT is what he said BEFORE that....MORE INFLATION IS GOOD!!!
It’s called “Parkinsons Mask” (hypomimia) and it’s a symptom he is not well.
Exactly, and additionally, the remark reflects the lack of a filter that is so common in dementia patients regardless of the etiology of the dementia.
I agree, aside from the classlessness of using mild profanity in a hot mike moment, the lack of awareness in considering high inflation to be an asset rather than a liability in the 2024 campaign is astonishing.
This is not at all unusual or surprising when you have a resident with dementia and a media that is essentially Leftwing activists. Things like this will continue to occur. Good fodder, but expected.
I felt the same, and no one bothered to mention it.
And how must Peter’s mother, Kathy feel about Joe Biden calling her a ‘Beyoch’?
https://www.the-sun.com/news/3041009/who-is-steve-doocys-wife-kathy-gerrity/
Biden is such a low life ignorance and stupidity in one bag.
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