Fox News Reporter Unloads Receipts After Accusations of Press Silence on Biden’s Mental Fitness
WASHINGTON, D.C. — MAY 23, 2025 – As the fallout over former President Joe Biden’s decline continues to rock the political world, Fox News White House correspondent Peter Doocy has come forward to publicly defend his coverage, blasting critics who now ask why the media didn’t question Biden’s cognitive state sooner.
“If you are wondering why nobody asked about his mental fitness… then you weren’t paying attention,” Doocy wrote Wednesday in a post on X (formerly Twitter).
Doocy, who spent six years covering Biden, including tense exchanges with former White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre, posted seven video receipts of his most pointed questions—showing he repeatedly challenged the White House on Biden’s mental sharpness, memory lapses, and staff cover-ups.
“Who’s In Charge After 8 p.m.?”
In one viral clip, Doocy confronted Jean-Pierre about Biden admitting he’s “sharpest before 8 p.m.”:
“Say that the Pentagon at some point picks up an incoming nuke. It’s 11 p.m. Who do you call? The First Lady?”
The press room froze. Jean-Pierre dodged.
Repeating Stories, Repeating Excuses
Another clip showed Doocy questioning Biden’s 2023 campaign trail gaffe, where the President told the same story twice in a matter of minutes, nearly word-for-word.
“What is up with that?” Doocy asked, eliciting a stammering response from Jean-Pierre, who tried to deflect.
The “Cover-Up” Question
As questions now swirl over how much the White House knew—and when they knew—Doocy’s posts offer a devastating rebuttal to the notion that reporters ignored the issue. He didn’t just ask once. He asked repeatedly, directly, and under hostile conditions.
Critics of the Biden administration now argue that top aides and family members shielded the public from the truth—a pattern becoming increasingly clear as internal memos, whistleblowers, and Biden’s own public stumbles accumulate.
Conservative Media Vindicated?
Doocy’s defense comes amid a broader vindication for conservative journalists, many of whom were dismissed, mocked, or censored for raising concerns about Biden’s mental fitness long before the mainstream press touched the subject.
Now, with Biden retired and the Democratic Party facing internal turmoil, the media landscape is being forced to confront its complicity or negligence in shaping public perception.
“Doocy was one of the few doing his job while legacy media treated Biden with kid gloves,” one political strategist told RealClearPolitics. “Now they’re pretending to be shocked. He’s right to call it out.”
Bottom Line
Peter Doocy isn’t just defending himself—he’s drawing a line in the sand. The White House may have deflected, the press corps may have stayed silent, but Doocy asked the hard questions. On camera. On the record.
So, to those asking, “Why didn’t the media say anything?”—his message is simple: You just weren’t paying attention.
