ABC News insider reveals real reason Terry Moran was fired over anti-Trump post

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ABC News was left with 'no alternative' but to fire veteran correspondent Terry Moran over his now-deleted social media post slamming President Trump and top White House staffer Stephen Miller.
'We f***ing took it seriously and dealt with it pretty g*d***mn quickly,' an ABC News staffer told Fox News following Moran's ouster.
'It's just sad honestly,' the source continued.
'It's sad for him, a long-time colleague, friend, a good person, family man. It's just unfortunate, but there was no alternative, especially in these times.'
The source added that a drawn-out saga surrounding Moran's suspension would have been poor for viewership, forcing higher-ups' hands.
The staffer insisted that Moran wasn't a 'psycho liberal' and that he often disagreed with left-leaning colleagues.
'It's like a waxing and waning, you know, type of, like, whimsical philosopher… that was his shtick,' the insider said.
'He was very folksy in the way that he did things like this... I kind of see maybe what he was trying to do. He used the wrong f***ing words, obviously.
'I can get maybe what he was trying to say, but like, dude, put the phone down and go to bed.'
Moran, 65, who'd spent the past 28 years at the network, was a senior national correspondent and often offered commentary on current events.
His post on X, written just after midnight Sunday, painted Trump and Miller as 'world-class' haters.
'The thing about Stephen Miller is not that he is the brains behind Trumpism,' Moran wrote in the post, which was quickly deleted but re-shared by White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt on her official X page.
'Yes, he is one of the people who conceptualizes the impulses of the Trumpist movement and translates them into policy,' Moran continued. 'But that's not what's interesting about Miller. It's not brains. It's bile."
'Miller is a man who is richly endowed with the capacity for hatred. He's a world-class hater.
'You can see this just by looking at him because you can see that his hatreds are his spiritual nourishment. He eats his hate.'
Moran added that Trump was also a 'world-class hater' but that 'his hatred [is] only a means to an end, and that end [is] is own glorification.'
Before becoming a senior national correspondent in 2018, Moran served as ABC's Chief Foreign Correspondent.
He also co-anchored the network's news show Nightline for eight years and was ABC News' Chief White Correspondent from 1999 to 2005.
He joined ABC in 1997, and in April made headlines when Trump mocked him during an interview in the Oval Office.
'They're giving you the big break of a lifetime,' Trump told Moran during the sit-down.
'I picked you because, frankly, I never heard of you.'
The barb came after Moran asked the president about the case of deported El Salvador native and Maryland father Kilmar Abrego Garcia, and the lack of evidence linking him to the MS-13 gang.
'That's OK. I picked you, Terry,' Trump told Moran. 'But you're not being very nice.'
In weeks since, Moran continued to question Trump's moves on social media, prior to his suspension Sunday.
In a statement, ABC News specifically cited Moran's post as a 'clear violation' of the network's policy.
'We are at the end of our agreement with Terry Moran and based on his recent post – which was a clear violation of ABC News policies – we have made the decision to not renew,' the statement read.
'At ABC News, we hold all of our reporters to the highest standards of objectivity, fairness and professionalism, and we remain committed to delivering straightforward, trusted journalism,' the rep added.