Fox News host agrees with Biden on Peter Doocy’s ‘dumb’ inflation question

Sign up for the daily Inside Washington email for exclusive US coverage and analysis sent to your inbox Get our free Inside Washington email Get our free Inside Washington email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Fox News host Greg Gutfeld sided with Joe Biden on Tuesday, a day after the president was caught hurling under-the-breath insults at Fox News’ own White House correspondent for asking if inflation was a political liability in the midterms. What a stupid son of a b***h.” On Monday night, Doocy said on Fox News that the president had called him to “clear the air” and say it was “nothing personal”. While Doocy did not categorically say whether Mr Biden apologised, he said: “I appreciate that the president took a couple minutes out this evening while he was still at the desk to give me a call and clear the air.” Addressing the matter during The Five, while Gutfeld said that he agreed with the president, he also took a swing at CNN saying Doocy’s response shows the difference between the two networks. And also, if you didn’t mind Trump berating the press, you shouldn’t mind now.” Following the incident, Acosta said on his network on Monday that he “never got an apology” from former president Donald Trump, who relentlessly attacked the media during his tenure in the Oval Office.