Biden calls a Fox News reporter a “stupid son of a bitch”

When US President Joe Biden says that he will not accept any more questions at the end of a press conference, it is common for reporters to shout pending questions in case the president takes the bait.

This Monday the journalistic routine of the White House ended in a controversy.

Steve Doocy, a correspondent for the conservative network Fox News, yelled at the Democrat if he believed that inflation — at 7%, a 40-year high — will be a “political drag” ahead of November's midterm elections.

—"It's a great asset... more inflation"— answered the president, with irony, apparently believing that the microphone was turned off.

“Stupid son of a bitch,” he continued.

Before the episode, Biden had complained to reporters that all the questions were about the military presence in Ukraine amid escalating tensions with Russia.

The exchange between Doocy and the president was not broadcast on the White House channels, but on US television C-SPAN.

The US president does not usually answer too many questions from journalists in his appearances. Last week he just led his second solo press conference at the White House, in which he answered questions for almost two hours. Although he speaks less to the press than his predecessor, Donald Trump, the relationship is better. During the four years of the Republican Administration, he accused the media of being dishonest and of intentionally minimizing his achievements. the critics aimed at the main television and written media, except for the conservative Fox News.

Trump's rhetoric against the press undermined the trust of citizens in journalistic work.

In 2017, 85% of Republican voters believed that the media had a negative effect on the US, compared to 68% in 2010, according to a Pew Research poll.

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