On 16 July, for example, he went straight for the bullseye with: “For how long has the administration been spying on people’s Facebook profiles, looking for vaccine information?” Whereas most questions at the briefing will produce a paragraph or two at best, Doocy seems to think in terms of headlines, albeit sometimes disingenuous ones. Psaki, 42, for her part, walks a fine line between hearing Doocy out with patience and courtesy – even a hint of loss of temper would be disastrous optics – while putting him in his place with a cutting phrase, known on social media as a “#PsakiBomb”. The duels between Doocy, son of Fox & Friends co-host Steve Doocy, and Psaki, an alumna of the Barack Obama administration, hardly rank alongside Spicer’s televised meltdowns, but do offer insights into rightwing critiques of Biden and his strategy for neutralizing them.ĭoocy, 34, comes to each briefing armed with questions carefully crafted to elicit, some would argue, a “gotcha!” moment or at least a viral clip, even if that clip consists merely of “White House denies” whatever wild charge is thrown at it. Now the shoe is on the other foot and Fox News finds itself as a leading voice of dissent at the daily press briefing, asking some of the bluntest questions as it tries to pick holes in the Biden administration. His press secretaries Sean Spicer, Sarah Sanders and Kayleigh McEnany duly took a combative approach to the briefing room, tossing out verbal grenades that usually failed to explode. President Donald Trump was a regular interviewee on the network while describing other media as the enemy of the people. Until next time of course.įor four years the White House must have felt like home turf for Fox News.
For questioner Peter Doocy, White House reporter for the conservative Fox News channel, there was no coming back from that verbal roundhouse kick from Biden’s top media spokesperson.
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