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Fox News’ Peter Doocy Gets Attacked By A Bird Live On Air Outside The White House

A Fox News reporter got attacked by a bird.

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Fox News reporter Peter Doocy had an unfortunate on-air incident on Friday morning when a bird landed on his head during a live shot outside the White House during an episode of Fox and Friends. 

“A bird just landed on my head!” the correspondent shouted after it was clear that this was precisely what was happening. “I did not like that at all!”

After the bird landed, one of the Fox and Friends anchors pointed out that the hair was standing on the back of Doocy’s head, while another anchor pointed out, “You’ve got good hair, though.”

“President Trump, if you’re watching upstairs, we got to do something about these birds!” Knowing how faithfully Trump watches Fox and Friends, there’s a good chance that he was, although whether he as president “can do something” about the birds is a separate question.

The son of longtime Fox host Steve Doocy, Peter Doocy has worked for Fox News since 2009. He frequently clashed with White House press secretaries Jen Psaki and Karine Jean-Pierre during the Biden Administration. It’s likely Jean-Pierre, whose bitter sparring with Doocy was legendary, was highly amused by the bird incident.

The incident also reminded many people of the 2015 incident when a bald eagle attacked Trump during a photo shoot:

A few months later, during the 2016 campaign, a bird landed on the podium during a rally Sen. Bernie Sanders was holding in Portland, and Sanders played it much more unflappably than Trump or Doocy did in their own bird incidents.

There are some amused reactions on the Internet to the Doocy bird landing, including by fellow Fox host David Asman, who speculated, likely jokingly, that the incident was “sabotage from our competitors.” However, it’s not likely that CNN or MSNBC is in a position to employ a bird wrangler.

Photo courtesy of the Political Tribune media library. 

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Stephen Silver

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Stephen Silver is an award-winning journalist, essayist and film critic, and contributor to the Philadelphia Inquirer, the Jewish Telegraphic Agency, Broad Street Review and Splice Today. The co-founder of the Philadelphia Film Critics Circle, Stephen lives in suburban Philadelphia with his wife and two sons. Stephen has authored thousands of articles that focus on politics, technology, and the economy.

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