ABC News has suspended national correspondent Terry Moran after he posted — and quickly deleted — a tweet calling White House Deputy Chief of Staff Stephen Miller a “world-class hater.” The network announced the suspension Sunday, shortly after White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt criticized the comment in a Fox News interview, saying Moran had “abandoned any pretense of journalistic impartiality.”
The tweet was posted early Sunday and taken down soon after, but not before it gained traction. Leavitt, speaking on Sunday Morning Futures with Maria Bartiromo, said the remark was unhinged.
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… pic.twitter.com/HsgusJEIvH
— Karoline Leavitt (@PressSec) June 8, 2025
This isn’t the first time Moran has been accused of crossing a line, noted The Daily Caller. In 2020, he urged President Trump during an Oval Office interview to pressure El Salvador’s president into extraditing an MS-13 suspect wanted for trafficking in Tennessee — a move some saw as advocacy rather than reporting. The suspect was later extradited.
ABC News has faced broader criticism in recent years over perceived bias. Moderators Linsey Davis and David Muir were accused of fact-checking Trump far more aggressively than then–Vice President Kamala Harris during the 2024 presidential debate, despite Harris making several disputed claims about abortion and Project 2025. The network also censored RFK, Jr. when he was polling as Biden’s top Democratic challenger during his brief stint in the 2024 Democratic primaries.
The network also recently settled a defamation lawsuit brought by Trump after This Week host George Stephanopoulos dubbed him a “rapist” during a March interview with Rep. Nancy Mace.
They ended up giving $15 million to the Trump Presidential Library.
Miller responded to Moran’s tweet on Twitter, saying, “The most important fact about Terry’s public meltdown is what it reveals about the corporate press in America…Terry pulled off his mask.”
The most important fact about Terry’s full public meltdown is what it shows about the corporate press in America. For decades, the privileged anchors and reporters narrating and gatekeeping our society have been radicals adopting a journalist’s pose. Terry pulled off his mask.
— Stephen Miller (@StephenM) June 8, 2025
With trust in media already under strain, critics argue this latest incident is part of a larger crisis in how major news outlets see their role — and their responsibility.
