Fox News Channel’s White House Correspondent known for sparring with White House Press Secretary Karine Jean Pierre, Peter Doocy, just got huge news from his Fox News Channel employers. According to FOX News Media, Peter Doocy has been promoted to Senior White House Correspondent, but will continue in a very similar role.
Though he has a new title, Doocy’s new role will be much the same as the one that has made him famous. In his new, senior role, Mr. Doocy will continue to deliver extensive coverage of the Biden Administration and pose tough questions to KJP about the elderly President of the United States, delivering the same sort of coverage for FNC viewers.
Jay Wallace, who serves as president and executive editor at FOX News Media, enthusiastically spoke about Mr. Doocy’s advancement in a press release released on Monday. In that press release, he stated, “Peter’s 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’re thrilled to have him continue doing so.”
Mr. Doocy, for his part, said that he is honored to be the one who gets to shed light on what is really going on inside the Biden Administration, and what it is up to both at home and globally that is impacting them. He said, “I am honored to continue bringing our viewers the latest on the news that impacts them the most from White House and around the globe.”
The press release from FOX News Media went on to add a helpful bit of background about Mr. Doocy’s career for those who only heard of him recently and know him mainly for his back-and-forth battles with KJP and former White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki in the White House Press Briefings. It provided, in the release:
In his role as White House correspondent, Doocy has covered a variety of major news stories including most recently the 80th anniversary of D-Day in Normandy, France, the ongoing Israel-Hamas war, Russia’s invasion of Ukraine as well as President Biden on the campaign trail over the last year.
Throughout his tenure with the network, Doocy has covered every major political election since 2009 and reported live from major breaking news events across the country. In 2024, he hosted FOX Nation’s “Strike Zone: The Congressional Baseball Shooting” and previously hosted an FNC documentary entitled “The Man Who Killed Usama bin Laden,” featuring the first interview with Navy Seal Rob O’Neill. Doocy also covered several extensive breaking news stories, including the manhunt for two prisoners who escaped the Clinton Correction Facility in Dannemora, NY, the 2013 deadly Navy Yard shooting in Washington, DC, the marathon bombing in Boston and the 2012 shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, CT. He joined the network as a New York-based general assignment reporter in 2009 after graduating from Villanova University with a B.A. in political science.
One of Doocy’s recent spats with KJP was over the arrest of Scottie Scheffler. He asked, “What does President Biden think about the world’s number one golfer, Scottie Scheffler, being cuffed and hauled in for a mug shot for what appears to be a misunderstanding at a traffic stop?” KJP told him, “So I’ve seen the reports of Mr. Scheffler’s arrest. I just want to say that our hearts go out to the individual that was killed…”
Doocy interjected, saying “unrelated,” and she fired back, “No, let me finish,” the press secretary pushed back. “In the auto accident that preceded his arrest, obviously, someone did die. Someone was killed [in the crash that] preceded his arrest, that obviously he was not involved in. So, I want to make sure that we share our condolences to that family and their loved ones. Anything else, specifics to his arrest, that would be something for local authorities to speak to.”
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