Terry Moran fired from ABC News over social media posts on Trump and Stephen Miller
Veteran ABC News correspondent Terry Moran is leaving the network, following his suspension over social media posts that were harshly critical of the Trump White House.
Moran, 65, was suspended Sunday after statements on X that described President Trump and Deputy Chief of Staff Stephen Miller as "world class" haters. He also called Miller "vile."
Moran, a senior national correspondent for the news division who interviewed Trump in the Oval Office in April, is not a commentator. An ABC News representative said his actions violated editorial standards and his contract was not renewed. He had been with the network since 1997.
'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 representative said in a statement. "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.'
Moran's expulsion from the network is a sign that news organizations are concerned about journalists incurring the wrath of Trump, who has shown a willingness to fight back against his critics in the press. Moran is the first high profile journalist to lose his job over publicly lambasting the president and his aides.
Moran wrote on a now deleted X post that '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.'
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Other outlets are getting pummeled by the White House as well, such as PBS and NPR. Trump wants their federal funding ended, calling their programming 'left wing propaganda.'
Trump is suing CBS News over a '60 Minutes' interview in October that he claims was deceptively edited to help his 2024 election opponent, then-Vice President Kamala Harris. The suit — an obstacle to CBS parent Paramount Global's deal to merge with Skydance Media — has gone to a mediator.
ABC News paid $16 million to settle a lawsuit Trump filed over statements by 'Good Morning America' co-host George Stephanopoulos, who incorrectly said on air that the president had been liable of rape, when it was sexual abuse. Walt Disney Co. Chief Executive Bob Iger has asked that ABC's 'The View' spend less time talking about Trump, who typically leads the daytime talk show's hot topics segment.
Former CNN anchor Jim Acosta — who battled Trump in the White House briefing room during the president's first term — left the network rather than take a midnight time slot that would have lowered his profile considerably. Acosta has since launched his own program on Substack.
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