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Psaki Runs into Buzzsaw of Journos After Biden Ducks Afghan Questions

September 1st, 2021 10:13 AM

President Biden stuck to form Tuesday by refusing to take questions after his speech on the end of the war in Afghanistan, so they fell to Press Secretary Jen Psaki and she found a cadre of reporters who were loaded with queries on topics such as Biden’s “angry” tone, Biden checking his watch during Sunday’s dignified transfer or remains, blaming Americans for not getting out in time, and…

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No Doocy, No Problem: WH Journos Step Up, Hammer Psaki on Afghanistan

August 30th, 2021 6:39 PM

Hours before the U.S. military announced the official end of the war in Afghanistan, White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki took heavy fire on Monday afternoon from a litany of establishment liberal media outlets, Fox’s Jacqui Heinrich, and usual cast member Philip Wegmann over the administration’s handling of the withdrawal, what to say to those being left behind, and whether America is now…

WashPost Reporter Hails Psaki For Melting Peter Doocy's Snowballs

August 29th, 2021 11:44 AM

You can tell just how perfectly The Washington Post fits into the White House publicity apparatus when it posts articles proclaiming that they have Fox News reporter Peter Doocy exactly where they want him. He is a "useful foil," reports Philip Bump, and he's easily foiled. 

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Friday Fire: Doocy, Wegmann Press on Bagram, Working With the Taliban

August 27th, 2021 8:38 PM

Despite it being a Friday afternoon after a long, difficult week for the country, many in the White House press corps kept up the heat against Press Secretary Jen Psaki on Afghanistan with Fox’s Peter Doocy, the New York Post’s Steven Nelson, Real Clear Politics’s Philip Wegmann, and even some liberals testing Psaki’s patience.

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WOW: NYT’s Shear Tears Apart Psaki’s Phony Options on Afghanistan

August 27th, 2021 4:29 PM

When even The New York Times is dunking on the White House, you know things are bad for the flailing Biden administration. During a testy exchange with the liberal paper’s correspondent on Friday, Press Secretary Jen Psaki struggled to invent straw-men arguments to explain away the President’s disastrous incompetence on the Afghanistan withdrawal.

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Real Squad: Doocy, Wegmann, Colleagues Push Psaki for Answers on Bombs

August 26th, 2021 11:37 PM

Less than an hour after President Biden addressed the nation early Thursday night on the deadly terror attacks at the Kabul airport, White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki took to the podium and continued her terrible, horrible, no good, very bad return from vacation as reporters from across the spectrum kept up the heat in seeking answers on the collapse of Afghanistan. Thursday’s episode of…

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The Beat Goes on: Doocy, WH Press Keep Crushing Psaki Over Afghanistan

August 25th, 2021 11:10 PM

After almost an entire week away on vacation (aside from an August 23 briefing), The Psaki Show hasn’t exactly gone swimmingly for the Biden administration and, like Monday and Tuesday, Wednesday was no exception as Press Secretary Jen Psaki had little in the way of friendly reporter questions as Fox’s Peter Doocy had the cavalry on his side in pressing on issues surrounding the collapse of…

PEW: Plurality of Americans Say Gov’t Shouldn’t Censor Speech Online

August 25th, 2021 1:05 PM

Even after years of liberal media and politicians calling for the censorship of online speech, a plurality of Americans still say the government should not intervene — even at the cost of some false information slipping through. A new…

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DOOCY DEMOLITION: Peter Asks Psaki If Taliban Has Equal Sway as Biden

August 24th, 2021 7:22 PM

Appearing almost four hours late in the White House Briefing Room, Press Secretary Jen Psaki faced more excellent questions Tuesday afternoon over the Biden administration’s handling of Afghanistan. As was the case on Monday, Fox’s Peter Doocy led the way with questions about vetting Afghan refugees, whether she’d take back her claim that people aren’t “stranded” in Afghanistan, and whether…

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Fox News Hammers Psaki for Playing Semantics with 'Stranded' Americans

August 23rd, 2021 11:42 PM

As America witnessed on Monday, the Biden White House was determined to play ludicrous games with rhetoric and attempt to gaslight the American people who already didn’t trust them. The epitome of this display was featured in the White House press briefing where Press Secretary Jen Psaki got into a spat with Fox News correspondent Peter Doocy over whether or not there were Americans “stranded…

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BEATDOWN: Doocy, Wegmann Shellack Biden WH on Afghanistan Failures

August 23rd, 2021 6:22 PM

To go along with two horrendously bad Pentagon press briefings and another at the State Department, the White House joined in Monday afternoon with a shellacking at the hands of the press corps on Afghanistan. For this installment, National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan and Press Secretary Jen Psaki took fire from all angles, ranging from Fox News to NPR. Led by Fox’s Peter Doocy and Real…

NEW NewsBusters Podcast: Liberal Outlets Express Love for #PsakiBombs

August 18th, 2021 9:24 PM

White House press secretary Jen Psaki has her detractors -- and she obviously has a devoted pack of fanboys and fangirls. The leftist website MeidasTouch sells "Psaki Bomb" T-shirts, sweatshirts and mugs.

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Broken Clock Emerges: WH Reporters HAMMER Biden Flacks on Afghanistan

August 17th, 2021 9:07 PM

Though most of it didn’t make the Tuesday network evening newscasts, the White House press corps made an effort to raise tough questions with National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan and Press Secretary Jen Psaki amidst the collapse of Afghanistan, showing that neither had the answers to basic questions about how they’ll ensure the safe departure of American citizens and Afghan allies, the…

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CBS Skips Own Reporter Grilling WH on Saving Americans in Afghanistan

August 17th, 2021 8:27 PM

If a news outlet got a Republican administration to hint they didn’t plan to ensure every American got out of a collapsed country run by terrorists safely, it would be the headline of the day. But that wasn’t the case for CBS Evening News on Tuesday after White House correspondent Weijia Jiang grilled national security adviser Jake Sullivan and Press Secretary Jen Psaki on the issue;…