When Jen Psaki, now an MSNBC host, joined the Biden Administration as White House press secretary in January 2021, she made it clear that she welcomed tough questions from conservatives. Psaki was happy to debate right-wing Fox News reporter Peter Doocy during White House press conferences, for example, but she never discouraged him from attending. And in some cases, according to The Guardian's David Smith, they are being replaced by far-right MAGA media pundits. Smith, in an article published on October 4, notes how obsequious some of these pundits are when asking Trump questions. "It was also a small but telling example of how the White House press corps has changed between Trump's first and second terms."