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- enior national correspondent Terry Moran two days after initially suspending him on June 8<\/li>\n
- The decision came after Moran shared an incendiary message about President Donald Trump and one of his advisors on X<\/li>\n
- The network first said that Moran was “suspended pending further evaluation,” making his future at ABC unclear, before confirming it did not renew his contract<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
Terry Moran<\/a>\u00a0was\u00a0fired from ABC News<\/a>\u00a0after he shared a critical post about\u00a0President Donald Trump<\/a>\u00a0and one of his major advisers on social media.<\/p>\n
<\/div>\nThe senior national correspondent called\u00a0Stephen Miller<\/a>, who works as Trump’s homeland security adviser and deputy chief of staff for policy, and Trump “world-class hater[s].” He has since deleted the post on X.<\/p>\n
<\/div>\nShortly after Moran shared the message, ABC News confirmed to PEOPLE that Moran “has been suspended pending further evaluation.”<\/p>\n
<\/div>\n\u201cABC News stands for objectivity and impartiality in its news coverage and does not condone subjective personal attacks on others. The post does not reflect the views of ABC News and violated our standards,” the network said in a statement.<\/p>\n
<\/div>\nTwo days later, the network confirmed it would not be renewing its contract with Moran.<\/p>\n
\n\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\nMoran has a long history covering politics, and he’s been a senior national correspondent at ABC News since 2018. Just weeks before he was suspended, Moran\u00a0interviewed Trump<\/a>\u00a0to speak about his first 100 days in office in his second term. Moran primarily reports on national political stories and covers the White House, the Supreme Court and various campaigns.<\/p>\n
<\/div>\nA rep for Moran has not yet responded to PEOPLE’s request for comment.<\/p>\n
<\/div>\nHere’s everything to know about Terry Moran and why he was fired from ABC News.<\/p>\n
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Why was Terry Moran fired from ABC News?<\/span><\/h2>\n
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<\/div>\n<\/div>Trump discusses first 100 days of historic presidency in exclusive ABC interview with Terry Moran.<\/span>ABC News\/YouTube<\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n Moran was fired after he wrote an incendiary message about Trump and one of his main advisors, Miller. Moran shared a lengthy message on X on June 8 about both parties.<\/p>\n
<\/div>\n“The thing about Stephen Miller is not that he is the brains behind Trumpism,” Moran wrote in a since-deleted message. “Yes, he is one of the people who conceptualizes the impulses of the Trumpist movement and translates them into police. But that’s not what’s interesting about Miller.”<\/p>\n
<\/div>\nHe continued writing, “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.”<\/p>\n
<\/div>\n“Trump is a world-class hater. But his hatred is only a means to an end, and that end his his own glorification [sic]. That’s his spiritual nourishment,” he wrote.<\/p>\n
<\/div>\nShortly afterwards, Miller addressed the comments in a since-deleted post on X and described Moran’s message as a “public meltdown.”<\/p>\n
<\/div>\n<\/div>\nMeanwhile, several people from Trump’s team also commented on the message and called for Moran to be held “accountable” for his comments.<\/p>\n
<\/div>\n“Last night, in a since deleted post, so-called ‘journalist’ @TerryMoran went on a rampage against Stephen Miller and called President Trump ‘a world class hater.’ This is unhinged and unacceptable. We have reached out to @ABC to inquire about how they plan to hold Terry accountable,” White House press secretary\u00a0Karoline Leavitt<\/a>\u00a0wrote in a message on\u00a0X<\/a>\u00a0alongside a screenshot of Moran’s since-deleted post.<\/p>\n
<\/div>\nVice President J.D. Vance<\/a>\u00a0also addressed the social media post and called Moran’s message “absolutely vile smear.”<\/p>\n
<\/div>\n“ABC should apologize to Stephen,” he wrote on\u00a0X<\/a>. “What Terry posted is disgraceful.”<\/p>\n
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How long was Moran’s suspension?<\/span><\/h2>\n
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<\/div>\n<\/div>Terry Moran on ABC News.<\/span>Lorenzo Bevilaqua\/ABC via Getty<\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n Before his contract was terminated, Moran was suspended shortly after he shared his message on X on June 8. ABC News said at the time that the journalist\u2019s suspension was \u201cpending further evaluation.”<\/p>\n
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Will he return to ABC News?<\/span><\/h2>\n
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<\/div>\n<\/div>Terry Moran on ABC News.<\/span>Heidi Gutman\/Disney General Entertainment Content via Getty<\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n ABC News announced on June 10 that Moran would not be returning to the network.<\/p>\n
<\/div>\n\u201cWe are at the end of our agreement with Terry Moran and based on his recent post \u2014 which was a clear violation of ABC News policies, we have made the decision to not renew,\u201d a spokesperson for the network said in a statement obtained by PEOPLE.<\/p>\n
<\/div>\n\u201cAt 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,\u201d the statement concluded.<\/p>\n
<\/div>\nMoran has not commented on the suspension or termination.<\/p>\n
<\/div>\nThe network issued the suspension six months after their parent company, Disney,\u00a0agreed to pay $15 million<\/a>\u00a0to settle a defamation lawsuit against\u00a0George Stephanopoulos<\/a>. Trump sued the company after Stephanopoulos mistakenly stated that Trump had been found guilty of rape in a\u00a0civil case<\/a>\u00a0brought by\u00a0E. Jean Carroll<\/a>, when the president was in fact found liable of sexual abuse, a lesser offense.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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