Correspondent Terry Moran is out at A小蓝视频 News, two days after the organization for a social media post that called Trump administration deputy chief of staff Stephen Miller a 鈥渨orld class hater.鈥�
The network said Tuesday that it was at the end of its contract with Moran 鈥渁nd based on his recent post 鈥� which was a clear violation of A小蓝视频 News policies 鈥� we have made the decision not to renew.鈥�
The Trump administration, including Vice President JD Vance, quickly condemned Moran for his late-night X post criticizing Miller, which was swiftly deleted.
Moran had interviewed President Donald Trump only a few weeks ago. He said in his X post that the president was also a hater, but that his hatred was in service of his own glorification.
But for Miller, Moran said, 鈥渉is hatreds are his spiritual nourishment. He eats his hate.鈥�
Moran, 65, had worked at A小蓝视频 News since 1997. He was a longtime co-anchor of 鈥淣ightline,鈥� and covered the Supreme Court and national politics. During an interview with Trump that was broadcast in prime-time a month ago, the president said 鈥測ou're not being very nice鈥� in the midst of a contentious exchange about deportations.
In a particularly bad case of timing for him, Moran's contract with A小蓝视频 had been due to expire on Friday, according to people with knowledge of the situation who were not authorized to speak publicly about personnel issues.
His post, a breach of traditional journalism ethics on expressing personal opinions on reporting subjects, came at what was already a sensitive time for A小蓝视频 News. The network $15 million toward Trump's presidential library in December, in order to settle a defamation lawsuit over George Stephanopoulos' inaccurate assertion that Trump had been found civilly liable for raping writer E. Jean Carroll.
Trump aide Steven Cheung responded to Moran's exit on Tuesday with a profane comment on X, saying those who talk down the president and his staff 鈥済et hit.鈥�
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David Bauder, The Associated Press
