Former ABC News correspondent admits network is liberal, claims nobody voted for Trump
Former ABC News correspondent Terry Moran admitted on Friday that his longtime network was liberal and struggled to understand President Donald Trump's supporters because its newsroom lacked political viewpoint diversity.Co-host of "The Fifth Column" podcast Michael C.Moynihan asked Moran directly, "Is ABC News a liberal institution?""Yes.
But I think, I think like a lot of mainstream media, it’s because of lack of viewpoint diversity," Moran said."That was one of the problems in covering Trump.
Nobody had voted for him."Former ABC News senior national correspondent Terry Moran said the network was liberal because it lacked viewpoint diversity.(In Good Faith/screen shot)ABC NEWS FACES BACKLASH FOR PRESENTING OBAMA CAMPAIGN AD AS AN 'EXCLUSIVE' ON REDISTRICTING MEASUREMoran said he attempted to challenge the prevailing newsroom perspective by circulating internal messages about the network’s Trump coverage."I sent out these ‘Hey, we should be fair to Trump’ internal emails," Moran said.
"I heard from people — engineers, maybe the occasional producer — who said ‘Thank you.’"An ABC News staffer told Fox News Digital after Moran's departure that the veteran correspondent had clashed internally with liberal colleagues, but that his social media post left the network with no other option."It's just sad honestly," the staffer said."It's sad for him, a long-time colleague, friend, a good person, family man… It's just unfortunate, but there was no alternative, especially in these times."Moran claimed "nobody" at ABC News had voted for President Donald Trump while discussing the network’s coverage.
(Paula Lobo/Getty)BROADCAST BIAS: NETWORKS TURN TRUMP’S PLANE SWITCH INTO A FANCY SCANDALABC declined to renew Moran's expiring contract after he published a since-deleted post describing Trump and White House deputy chief of staff Stephen Miller as world-class haters.The network said the post violated its policies and reaffirmed its commitment to imparti...