Psaki pushes back against Fox criticism

White Home press secretary Jen Psaki on Friday pushed again in opposition to criticism from Fox Information host John Roberts, who slammed Psaki for saying throughout a current interview that his cable information community asks “silly” questions.

In a Friday evening tweet, Psaki stated each she and Fox Information reporter Peter Doocy — whom the White Home has criticized for his questions at press briefings — have been doing their jobs.

“He’s doing his job. I’m doing mine. We debate. We disagree. I respect that,” Psaki wrote.

The controversy began when Psaki was requested if Doocy was “a silly son of a bitch” throughout an interview with “Pod Save America.” President Biden had as soon as referred to Doocy by the identical phrase when he was caught on a scorching mic.

Psaki replied that Doocy “works for a community that gives folks with questions that, nothing private to any particular person, together with Peter Doocy, however would possibly make anybody sound like a silly son of a bitch.”

Roberts, an anchor at Fox, tweeted after information of Psaki’s interview broke that Doocy “makes the choices on what matters he needs to quiz you on, and develops the questions himself.”

“His philosophy is a primary tenet of journalism. Consolation the , and afflict the snug. If that makes all of us ‘silly s.o.b.s’, so be it,” Roberts wrote.

Doocy has been repeatedly mocked for his questioning. In January, he requested Biden, “Do you suppose inflation is a political legal responsibility within the midterms?”

Biden was then caught on the recent mic calling him a “silly son of a bitch” as a result of it was apparent that inflation was a political legal responsibility. He later referred to as Doocy to apologize.

In her tweet, Psaki stated she “additionally informed a narrative about Peter’s grace final evening” when she informed “Pod Save America” that Doocy dealt with Biden’s criticism nicely following the recent mic second.

“I used to be not being vital of him or any reporter at Fox and as a substitute was vital of the slant of some Fox matters,” she added.

In an announcement to The Hill, a Fox Information spokesperson stated Doocy’s “job is to elicit fact from energy for the American public.”

“His questions are his personal, he’s a terrific reporter and we’re extraordinarily happy with his work,” the spokesperson stated.

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