Profiles In Cowardice, ABC Edition

ABC News announced late yesterday that long time senior correspondent Terry Moran's contract would not be renewed when it expires Friday, claiming Moran violated company policy when he said on social media that the Malignant Fascist and his deranged White House deputy chief of staff Stephen Miller were "world-class haters." (ABC recently settled a very winnable $16 million suit by the Malignant Fascist over George Stephanopoulos' noting that the MF had been adjudicated liable for "rape" by a New York court, the word used by its Judge Lewis Kaplan.)  From NPR:

"Moran had been a foreign correspondent, chief White House correspondent and anchor of Nightline over his nearly three decades at ABC News. At one time, he was considered by executives as a potential evening news anchor in the mold of the late Peter Jennings.

Just six weeks ago, Moran had interviewed Trump, earning acclaim from many of his peers for gently pressing the president over his false claims about a man deported by the administration to El Salvador. Trump, irritated, told Moran in the middle of the exchange that he had 'never heard of you.'

'You're not being very nice,' Trump said, suggesting Moran should not push back given the 'big break' he had been given in getting the sit-down interview."

You need only to listen to the over-the-top bigoted spewings of the soulless, dead eyed Miller and his cult leader to agree with Moran's assessment. With his contract due to expire, Moran likely decided to use that interview and his social media posting as a parting shot at the felon in the White House and his vicious staff.  

ABC bent the knee once again to a demagogue who is emboldened by such acts of cowardice, whether it's by prestige law firms or companies with business with the Federal Government. We need more journalists like Moran and Scott Pelley of CBS to speak truth to power especially in this perilous time for democracy. Shame on ABC.

 

Correspondent Tells Truth, ABC News Cowers

 

Following up on its disgraceful bending of the knee to the Malignant Fascist by settling a bogus defamation lawsuit last December, ABC News took tail and ran after Senior Correspondent Terry Moran made the mistake of exercising his First Amendment rights and told the truth about the MF and his evil minion Stephen Miller.  From Mediaite:

ABC News has reportedly suspended senior national correspondent Terry Moran over a deleted X post in which he called White House deputy chief of staff Stephen Miller a “world class hater.”

According to CNN’s Brian Stelter, ABC News said Sunday that Moran has been “suspended pending further evaluation” following his post.

“The thing about Stephen Miller is not that he is the brains behind Trumpism,” Moran wrote in the deleted post. “Yes, he is one of the people who conceptualizes the impulses of the Trumpist movement and translates them into policy. But that’s not what’s interesting about Miller. 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. Trump is a world-class hater. But his hatred only a means to an end, and that end his his own glorification. That’s his spiritual nourishment.”...

ABC News responded to the wholly accurate observation -- shared by most of the globe, btw -- with a mealy-mouthed statement saying Moran's comment "does not reflect the views of ABC News..."  So, in other words, they don't think the MF and Miller are haters?  Here's some old news for them here, here, here, here, here, here, and, oh hell, if you needed proof, you haven't been paying attention -- or you are compromised cowards like the management at ABC "News."  Any news organization unwilling to stand up for the truth and against the darkness enveloping America isn't worth watching.  

Remember who the collaborators are.

BONUS:  As CBS' Scott Pelley recently said, "If you have the courage to speak, we are saved. If you fall silent, the country is doomed."  Despite the chilling effect of ABC "News" disciplining Moran for exercising his First Amendment rights, we all need to have the courage to speak -- especially those in the media whose megaphone is so much greater.