ABC News cuts ties with Terry Moran over Stephen Miller social media post

ABC News has cut ties with journalist Terry Moran days after suspending him over a social media post about Stephen Miller, President Trump’s deputy chief of staff for 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,” said an ABC News spokesperson in a June 10 statement to USA TODAY.  “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 statement continued.

The senior national correspondent, who is based out of Washington, D.C. and has worked for the broadcaster for nearly three decades, wrote in a since-deleted June 8 X post that Miller is “a man who is richly endowed with the capacity for hatred” and that Trump is a “world-class hater.”  The news organization previously said in a statement that it found Moran’s post to be a “subjective personal attack” in violation of the “objectivity and impartiality” of their news coverage.

According to screenshots shared on X, Moran wrote of Miller in his since-deleted post on June 8, “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.”  The ABC journalist contrasted this with Trump, writing that the president is also a “world-class hater,” but “his hatred only a means to an end, and that end his his (sic) own glorification. That’s his spiritual nourishment.”

Moran’s post drew sharp criticism from the White House, with press secretary Karoline Leavitt writing on X that the post was “unhinged and unacceptable.” She added that the White House had reached out to ABC “to inquire about how they plan to hold Terry accountable.”

Vice President JD Vance also slammed the comments as a “absolutely vile smear” of Miller.  Moran, 65, who joined ABC News in 1997, was previously co-anchor of “Nightline” and has covered eight presidential campaign cycles, according to ABC News. In April, Trump sat down with Moran for an interview about his first 100 days in office.