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Yahoo
4 days ago
- Politics
- Yahoo
Ex-ABC Reporter Who Trashed Stephen Miller Shares The Cruel Truth That Got Him Fired
Former ABC News reporter Terry Moran isn't letting up on his 'vicious' criticism of Stephen Miller more than a month after his 'world-class hater' post about Donald Trump and his senior White House aide led to his abrupt exit at the network. Moran, in an appearance on ex-MSNBC host Chris Matthews's Substack podcast, referred to old clips of Miller while arguing that he's been 'spitting the same kind of venom and lies' as he has in the Trump administration. In one video, a 17-year-old Miller said that the torture of Iraqis during the Iraq War is the 'way to go' because it's a 'celebration of human life and dignity.' 'The cruelty is the point,' said Moran of Miller. 'He's about power. Trump is his path to power. Trump sees him as essentially putting kind of some intellectual gloss on his own gut instincts and they work together to bludgeon the country with almost a disheartening and depressing level of cruelty and falsehood every day.' He continued, 'I think that's accurate, fair and true. And it got me fired!' Moments earlier, Moran argued that Miller 'clearly sees lying as a way of exerting power,' calling such moves 'deeply wrong' and 'a bludgeoning.' Moran — who has since launched a Substack of his own since his ABC News ouster — has previously defended his June post, saying it was something on his 'heart and mind' at the time. His post — which described Miller as getting 'spiritual nourishment' from his 'hatreds' — led to swift outrage from top White House officials, including Vice President JD Vance. He was subsequently suspended by ABC News, which called the post a 'clear violation' of the network's policies. The network would later announce that his contract would not be renewed. Related... Trump's Body Language During Awkward Exchange With Jerome Powell Spoke Volumes, Experts Say Billy Joel Reveals The Trump Remark That Forced Him To Get Political On Stage MAGA Won't Let Trump Off The Hook For The Epstein Files — And Psychologists Know Why
Yahoo
4 days ago
- Politics
- Yahoo
Ex-ABC Reporter Who Trashed Stephen Miller Shares The Cruel Truth That Got Him Fired
Former ABC News reporter Terry Moran isn't letting up on his 'vicious' criticism of Stephen Miller more than a month after his 'world-class hater' post about Donald Trump and his senior White House aide led to his abrupt exit at the network. Moran, in an appearance on ex-MSNBC host Chris Matthews's Substack podcast, referred to old clips of Miller while arguing that he's been 'spitting the same kind of venom and lies' as he has in the Trump administration. In one video, a 17-year-old Miller said that the torture of Iraqis during the Iraq War is the 'way to go' because it's a 'celebration of human life and dignity.' 'The cruelty is the point,' said Moran of Miller. 'He's about power. Trump is his path to power. Trump sees him as essentially putting kind of some intellectual gloss on his own gut instincts and they work together to bludgeon the country with almost a disheartening and depressing level of cruelty and falsehood every day.' He continued, 'I think that's accurate, fair and true. And it got me fired!' Moments earlier, Moran argued that Miller 'clearly sees lying as a way of exerting power,' calling such moves 'deeply wrong' and 'a bludgeoning.' Moran — who has since launched a Substack of his own since his ABC News ouster — has previously defended his June post, saying it was something on his 'heart and mind' at the time. His post — which described Miller as getting 'spiritual nourishment' from his 'hatreds' — led to swift outrage from top White House officials, including Vice President JD Vance. He was subsequently suspended by ABC News, which called the post a 'clear violation' of the network's policies. The network would later announce that his contract would not be renewed. Related... Trump's Body Language During Awkward Exchange With Jerome Powell Spoke Volumes, Experts Say Billy Joel Reveals The Trump Remark That Forced Him To Get Political On Stage MAGA Won't Let Trump Off The Hook For The Epstein Files — And Psychologists Know Why
Fox News
5 days ago
- Politics
- Fox News
Trump needs to be 'stopped' before he seizes news outlets and sells them to cronies, fired ABC journalist says
Former ABC News correspondent Terry Moran worried Tuesday that the U.S. will soon lose its free press if President Donald Trump is not "stopped." Moran, who was fired in June from the network where he worked for almost 28 years after posting a scathing social media rant against Trump and White House aide Stephen Miller, discussed the state of the media with former MSNBC host Chris Matthews on Substack. Lamenting the recent CBS/Paramount settlement with Trump, and other media shakeups, Matthews worried about the implications of media outlets caving to the president's demands. "Is this going to keep going?" Matthews asked. "Or is he going to keep going from network to network, to newspaper to newspaper?… Are they willing to be what they've been or are they just going to keep groveling?" Moran made a bold prediction that there will be no independent news in the U.S. because media organizations will have their power stripped from them by the current administration. "I think they're going to, at some point, get rid of the news divisions, is my prediction," he told Matthews. "It will either be stripped from them—look, unless Trump is stopped, there's a playbook here. You see it in all the authoritarian countries." "[Viktor] Orban did it, [Vladimir] Putin did it in Russia and the Law and Justice Party in Poland — they stripped the media, the news operations away from independent corporations that will stand up and they sell them to their cronies," he continued. Moran then brought up the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) investigating ABC News over debate moderators David Muir and Linsey Davis's fact-checking of Trump during the 2024 presidential debate that he said favored his opponent, former Vice President Kamala Harris. "Muir did nothing wrong, but because, you know, the law that governs these news operations and networks is that they have to operate in the public interest as defined by the Trump administration," he warned. "At some point, they will find a reason to strip the ownership of these things from the corporations that now own them and sell them to their cronies, unless someone stops them." The White House did not immediately return Fox News Digital's request for comment. Shortly after leaving ABC, Moran said that it was not a journalist's job to be "objective." "My own feeling is that you don't sacrifice your citizenship as a journalist. Your job is not to be objective," he told The Bulwark's Tim Miller in a Substack interview in June. "There is no Mount Olympus of objectivity where a Mandarin class of wise people have no feelings about their society," he continued. "We're all in this together. What you have to be is fair and accurate."
Fox News
5 days ago
- Politics
- Fox News
Terry Moran predicts 'authoritarian' Trump is going to strip the news away from media outlets
Former ABC News correspondent Terry Moran warned press freedom is at risk under President Donald Trump, comparing his tactics to those used by Vladimir Putin and Viktor Orban.
Daily Mail
09-07-2025
- Entertainment
- Daily Mail
ABC News bosses 'anxious' as top star David Muir faces competition from handsome younger rival
ABC News is unsettled by the impact of NBC Nightly News's Tom Llamas during his first month as host, an industry source has claimed. The fears stem from the former World News Tonight weekend anchor gaining ground on ABC News golden boy David Muir, 51, among younger audiences, the insider said. Llamas, 46, stepped in for longtime host Lester Holt early last month. He has made progress in closing a gap in viewers within the advertiser-coveted 25-54 demographic to its closest in five years, along with the A18-49 group as well. Three straight weeks of growth under Llamas in terms of total viewers have also caught the attention of ABC News bosses, the source alleged. 'There is a growing concern that Muir's once-apparent predecessor is already showing promising signs - and it's starting to reflect in the ratings,' the source said. Muir, meanwhile, is notoriously private. He offered a rare sit-down with People in late May days before Llamas' start, the insider pointed out. 'Between this, the disastrous Terry Moran exit and GMA3 being completely reworked, anxiety is high at ABC,' the insider said. Moran was fired from ABC after 27 years in June for an X post branding Donald Trump and his aide Stephen Miller 'world class haters.' GMA3 - the third hour of ABC's Good Morning America - is now set for the ax after struggling to retain viewers. But it's not all bad news for ABC. Despite a promising start, Llamas still has a long way to go before he catches up with Muir, who is the United States' most popular newscaster. Muir's World News Tonight commands a far bigger overall audience and remains considerably more popular among younger viewers. His lead over Nightly News grew again from May and June, the new Nielsen numbers showed - from 7.24 million to 7.308 million in total viewers. NBC, meanwhile secured 5.751 million total viewers, up from last week and this time last year. World News Tonight's 1.58 million-viewer lead over NBC is its largest in a second quarter in 30 years. In the all-important 25-54 demo, Nightly News pulled in 840,000 viewers to Muir's 1.01 million. In another encouraging sign, Nightly delivered a five-week high in the A25-54 demo, suggesting any battle by Llamas to beat Muir will be an uphill one. A high-level industry insider trashed claims that Llamas is unnerving ABC bosses. 'The reality is "World News Tonight" is beating Nightly News by nearly 2 million viewers on many nights and just had the biggest June win over Nightly News in 30 years,' the source told Daily Mail. 'While NBC News remains focused on their transition from Lester Holt, ABC News remains focused on the news,' the source added. But there are signs that transition from Holt to Llamas is going well. Llamas has managed to avoid a drastic ratings drop since taking over from his predecessor, a well-liked industry veteran known for his straight-down-the-middle reporting. Third place rival CBS News has seen embarrassing slumps since its former star anchor Norah O'Donnell quit her seat in January. Despite Muir's sizable lead on both fronts, Llamas's was the only evening newscast to see grow in both total and demo viewers year-over-year and week-over-week. Muir, meanwhile, has been a primetime mainstay for 11 years. He succeeded Diane Sawyer in 2014 when World News Tonight still trailed NBC in primetime. Muir has held the primetime crown for the past nine years running, after erasing that gap in a matter of years. The life-long newsman is only 51 and is seen as having a lengthy career at the top ahead of him. Llamas, however, could repeat history with another swing as he looks looks poised to expand his share of the evening news market. He told The Washington Post in June that he 'want[s] to be number one' in primetime. He conceded, however, that his goal was a lofty one. 'It's not easy,' Lamas said. 'But it's something I think we can do.' He admitted, 'It's not going to happen in a month.'
