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Biden calls Fox News reporter ‘stupid son of a bitch’


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Later, the US president called the reporter to apologize: “It’s nothing personal”

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US President Joe Biden in a meeting on Monday.MICHAEL REYNOLDSEFE
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the president of U.S, Joe Biden, this Monday called a journalist from the conservative chain “stupid son of a bitch” Fox News, in response to a question at the end of an act in the White House.

Biden’s insult took place after the reporter Peter Doocy I asked him if he believed that inflation in U.S could be a “political ballast” for his party in the legislative elections to be held in November in the country.

“It’s a great resource, plus inflation,” Biden said sarcastically, before adding: “What a stupid son of a bitch.” It is not clear whether the president realized his microphone was still on, since he made his comment as reporters were already leaving the East Room of the White House, where they had attended the start of a Biden meeting on inflation.

After Biden complained that all the reporters’ questions were about the crisis in Ukraine, Doocy asked that question about inflation, and the president unleashed his outburst.

The incident quickly became the topic of the afternoon on several television networks, and Doocy was interviewed on Fox News, who joked about it. “Nobody has verified by now (what Biden has said) and has said that it is not true (that I am a stupid son of a bitch),” the White House correspondent said.

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“It was nothing personal, friend”

Later, during an appearance on the prime-time show of Sean Hannity on the network, the journalist said that Biden had called him and that the two had made peace. “About an hour after it happened, he called me on my cell and said, ‘It was nothing personal, mate.’ And we talked about it, and moving on,” Doocy said.

He added that he explained to Biden that he is always going to try to “ask something different from everyone else,” and that the president replied, “You have to.”

Asked if Biden had apologized, Doocy avoided confirming it, saying only that he appreciated that the president had called him to “cool things off” at a time when the country is “on the brink of World War III,” alluding to to tensions with Russia for Ukraine.

Doocy has had several tense exchanges with the White House spokeswoman, Jen Psaki, because their questions reflect the conservative bias of Fox News and are sometimes based on premises based on disinformation.

Until now, however, Biden has not shown similar disrespect to any journalist, although last week he said that the question he had been asked by another Fox News reporter was “stupid.”

Criticism of the correspondents

What happened generated criticism from other White House correspondents, such as Jeremy Diamond from CNN, who tweeted: “It wasn’t cool when (former President Donald) Trump insulted the press, and it wasn’t cool when Biden did either.”

During his tenure, Trump (2017-2021) constantly attacked journalists, especially those critical of him, whom he described as “the enemies of the people”, and also used the insult “son of a bitch” at least once , to refer to a presenter on the NBC network, Chuck Todd.

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