{"id":2270613,"date":"2024-06-18T14:12:02","date_gmt":"2024-06-18T18:12:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/fox-news-gives-peter-doocy-a-big-promotion-i-am-honored\/"},"modified":"2024-06-18T14:15:08","modified_gmt":"2024-06-18T18:15:08","slug":"fox-news-gives-peter-doocy-a-big-promotion-i-am-honored","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/fox-news-gives-peter-doocy-a-big-promotion-i-am-honored\/","title":{"rendered":"Fox News Promotes Peter Doocy, Who Expresses Honor"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">16<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Ffox-news-gives-peter-doocy-a-big-promotion-i-am-honored%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2270613&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>The article discusses the promotion of Fox News reporter\u200c Peter Doocy\u2062 to Senior White \u200dHouse Correspondent. It highlights the challenges and complexities\u2063 Doocy has faced while covering the \u2062White House, particularly his\u2063 interactions with \u2063President \u200cBiden \u200cand Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre. The text portrays Doocy&#8217;s approach as commendable given the \u200bperceived \u200dhostile environment, suggesting his promotion is\u200d well-deserved and \u200bjokingly hopes it includes hazard\u200c pay \u2064due to the mental strains of the\u200b job. Additionally, the writer critiques\u200b Fox News\u2019s dwindling viewership, attributing it to its handling of the 2020 election\u200c results and its \u200ddecision \u2064to part \u200dwith popular host Tucker Carlson. The article\u2063 concludes with a \u200cpromotional message from The Western Journal, urging readers to subscribe and support their independent\u2062 journalism, emphasizing the importance of the upcoming 2024 election.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<header> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/commentary\/\">  Commentary <\/a>   <span> <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/author\/michael-schwarz\/\">  <\/a> <\/p>\n<p> <span>   By <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/author\/michael-schwarz\/%20\"><span>Michael Schwarz<\/span><\/a> <\/span> <span>   June 18, 2024 at 9:11am <\/span> <\/span>  <\/header>\n<section>\n<p>Certain jobs can threaten one\u2019s sanity to such a degree that promotions ought to come with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/hero-pay-ca-cities-demand-pay-raise-for-grocery-workers-then-stores-close\/\" title=\"\u2018Hero Pay\u2019: CA Cities Demand Pay Raise For Grocery Workers. Then Stores Close.\">hazard pay<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>In a <a href=\"https:\/\/press.foxnews.com\/2024\/06\/fox-news-media-promotes-peter-doocy-to-senior-white-house-correspondent\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">news release<\/a> on Monday, Fox News President and Executive Editor Jay Wallace announced that the company has promoted longtime White House correspondent Peter Doocy to the rank of \u2014 drum roll, please \u2014 senior White House correspondent.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPeter\u2019s commitment to providing viewers with hourly news and insight from the White House has remained steadfast since he started in this role straight off the 2020 campaign trail and we\u2019re thrilled to have him continue doing so,\u201d Wallace said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI am honored to continue bringing our viewers the latest on the news that impacts them the most from [the] White House and around the globe,\u201d Doocy said in a statement.<\/p>\n<p>First, we must acknowledge the elephant in the room.<\/p>\n<p>In recent years, I have met only one kind of Fox News viewer: the kind who stopped watching.<\/p>\n<p>Within this group of former viewers, there are two categories of people: those who stopped watching after the network <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/top-pollster-fox-news-arizona-call-retracted-new-results-show-trump-gaining-fast\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">prematurely called Arizona<\/a> for Joe Biden during the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/new-poll-alleges-20-mail-voters-admit-cheating-2020-media-silent\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">scandalous<\/a> 2020 presidential election, and those who stopped watching after the network <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/reactions-tucker-carlson-news-pour-fox-news-might-made-huge-mistake\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">parted ways<\/a> with host Tucker Carlson in April 2023.<\/p>\n<p>Those former viewers realized that Fox News exists to give the illusion of choice and to obscure the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/uniparty-strikes-seven-gop-senators-join-dems-confirming-biden-judicial-nominee\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">uniparty<\/a> reality.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, those who <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/fox-news-crushes-top-two-competitors-combined-cnn-hits-time-low\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">continue to watch<\/a> the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/mike-lindell-says-fox-news-dropped-mypillow-ads-critical-time-2024-race\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">faux-conservative network<\/a> have done so for reasons I can only guess.<\/p>\n<p>Still, Doocy deserves tremendous credit for the hostile waters he has navigated.<\/p>\n<p>After all, the now-senior White House correspondent has had to tussle with such <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/bidens-declaration-war-4-takeaways-state-union-address\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">nasty-spirited<\/a> intellectual lightweights as Biden and White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre. And he has done so while largely maintaining good humor.<\/p>\n<p>In 2022, for instance, Biden had a possible <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/no-one-fs-with-a-biden-president-delivers-spicy-remark-via-hot-mic-in-florida\/\" title=\"\u2018No One F***s With A Biden\u2019: President Delivers Spicy Remark Via Hot Mic In Florida\">hot-mic moment<\/a> when he referred to Doocy as a \u201cstupid son of a b****,\u201d according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/biden-fox-news-peter-doocy-stupid-son-of-a-bitch\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">CBS News<\/a>. Afterward, Doocy magnanimously joked that \u201cnobody has fact checked him yet and said it\u2019s not true.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In February, the president <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/watch-peter-doocy-elderly-biden-rattled-asking-point-blank-poor-memory\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">became irritated<\/a> when Doocy asked him about special counsel Robert Hur\u2019s characterization of him as a \u201cwell-meaning, elderly man with a poor memory.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMy memory is so bad that I let you speak,\u201d Biden replied.<\/p>\n<p>Doocy\u2019s regular nemesis, however, is Jean-Pierre.<\/p>\n<p>To be clear, the White House press secretary qualifies as Doocy\u2019s nemesis in the same way that the <a href=\"https:\/\/warnerbros.fandom.com\/wiki\/ACME_Corporation\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">ACME Corp.<\/a> qualifies as the Road Runner\u2019s nemesis. Neither poses an actual threat in the manner one might expect, either intellectually or physically.<\/p>\n<p>To his credit, Doocy has taken a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/ron-desantis-given-participation-trophy-during-event-in-iowa\/\" title=\"Ron DeSantis awarded 'participation trophy' in Iowa event\">good-natured approach<\/a> during White House news briefings. Rather than bludgeon KJP with the Biden administration\u2019s obvious failures and lies, he has posed difficult questions with a calm demeanor and then allowed the overmatched press secretary to expose the administration\u2019s idiocy by either <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/watch-kjp-calls-peter-doocy-disingenuous-turns-tables-trumps-bloodbath-comments\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">redirecting an accusation<\/a> against Doocy or <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/doocy-corners-kjp-telling-deflection-straightforward-extremism-question\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">twisting herself into rhetorical knots<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>On the whole, his questions about Biden\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/watch-kjp-gets-snarky-peter-doocy-presses-bidens-election-denialism\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">hypocrisy<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/watch-kjp-tries-shut-foxs-peter-doocy-asking-biden-talks-dead-people\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">mental unfitness<\/a> seem to have irritated Jean-Pierre the most.<\/p>\n<p>To do her job, of course, she must <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/panic-mode-kjp-scrambles-cover-biden-freezes-obama-says-videos-fake\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">lie in the service of liars<\/a>. She must do the bidding of powerful people with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/watch-biden-press-secretary-proves-trump-correct-trial-connected-2024-election\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">sinister intentions<\/a>. On the lighter side, she sometimes must extract her octogenarian boss from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/kjp-cuts-off-biden-ends-presser-potus-insults-vietnamese-creates-new-song-says-time-bed\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">embarrassing situations<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Unintended comedy notwithstanding, exposure to so much dishonesty cannot be good for Doocy\u2019s soul. How he preserves his sanity is anyone\u2019s guess.<\/p>\n<p>Thus, he richly deserves his promotion. Hopefully, it comes with hazard pay.<\/p>\n<hr>\n<div>\n<p><b><i>An Important Message from Our Staff:<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n<p><i><span>In just a few months, the world is going to change forever. 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Together, we really can save the country.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><b><i>Thank you for your support!<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n<p><i><span>P.S. <\/span><\/i><a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/subscribe\/?utm_source=site&#038;utm_medium=westernjournalism&#038;utm_campaign=authorpitch\"><i><span>Please stand with us<\/span><\/i><\/a><i><span>!<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"author-info-45760\">\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/author\/michael-schwarz\/\">  <\/a> <\/p>\n<div>\n<p><label for=\"summary-tab-radio-45760\">Summary<\/label><label for=\"more-info-tab-radio-45760\">More<span> Biographical Information<\/span><\/label><label for=\"posts-tab-radio-45760\">Recent<span> Posts<\/span><\/label><label for=\"contact-tab-radio-45760\" onclick=\"if( typeof grecaptcha=='undefined' ) { let cap_s=document.createElement( 'script' ); cap_s.src='https:\/\/www.google.com\/recaptcha\/api.js?render=6LeJFcsUAAAAAPsIEqvB1EebWbZfqRUe6ebMpGy7'; document.body.appendChild( cap_s ); }\">Contact<\/label><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Michael Schwarz holds a Ph.D. in History and has taught at multiple colleges and universities. He has published one book and numerous essays on Thomas Jefferson, James Madison, and the Early U.S. Republic. He loves dogs, baseball, and freedom. After meandering spiritually through most of early adulthood, he has rediscovered his faith in midlife and is eager to continue learning about it from the great Christian thinkers.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div>\n<p>  Michael Schwarz holds a Ph.D. in History and has taught at multiple colleges and universities. He has published one book and numerous essays on Thomas Jefferson, James Madison, and the Early U.S. Republic. He loves dogs, baseball, and freedom. After meandering spiritually through most of early adulthood, he has rediscovered his faith in midlife and is eager to continue learning about it from the great Christian thinkers. <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Commentary by Michael Schwarz, June 18, 2024: Fox News President Jay Wallace announced the promotion of Peter Doocy to a senior role. 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