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Mr. Sparkle

(3,440 posts)
Sun Jun 8, 2025, 11:28 AM Yesterday

ABC News Suspends Terry Moran Over Deleted Post Blasting Stephen Miller as a 'World Class Hater'

Source: Mediaite.com

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.”

The White House immediately denounced the comments — with Vice President JD Vance calling them an “absolutely vile smear. “ABC should apologize to Stephen,” Vance wrote in a post on X. “What Terry posted is disgraceful.”

Read more: https://www.mediaite.com/media/news/just-in-abc-news-suspends-terry-moran-over-deleted-post-blasting-stephen-miller-as-a-world-class-hater/

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ABC News Suspends Terry Moran Over Deleted Post Blasting Stephen Miller as a 'World Class Hater' (Original Post) Mr. Sparkle Yesterday OP
Journalistic ranks will be hollowed out by such strategies bucolic_frolic Yesterday #1
Truth hurts. sinkingfeeling Yesterday #2
The journalist was correct. A B C news you suck ...... Miller is EVIL !! As in AntiChrist EVIL !!!! Trueblue1968 Yesterday #28
The truth hurts, yeah? Ocelot II Yesterday #3
You've got it. Succinct and complete. dchill Yesterday #18
The mainstream media, so fucking predictable. (nt) Paladin Yesterday #4
And SO DAMN DISAPPOINTING!!! calimary Yesterday #17
And, so weak and pathetic. Magoo48 Yesterday #45
Beat me to it. I was going to post Deadline's story: highplainsdem Yesterday #5
George Conway response to Stephen Miller's whining: He described you accurately to a T. highplainsdem Yesterday #6
Stephen Miller is a walking, talking, posting DISGRACE. calimary Yesterday #23
Yep, ""What Terry posted is disgraceful" to Miller and Trumpism because it's true William Seger Yesterday #39
Thank YOU, Terry Moran for speaking the truth, albeit in far too tame terms. hlthe2b Yesterday #7
If Stephen Miller had lived during Hitler's time, he wouldn't have survived. ShazzieB Yesterday #40
Yes. I have followed Miller's uncle's interviews since 2016, in fact. While I know Miller is Jewish, he is self-hating hlthe2b Yesterday #46
I watched "Good Night and Good Luck" last night on CNN with my girlfriend at her insistence. generalbetrayus Yesterday #41
Absolutely! The Shakespeare quote repeatedly used (Cassius in Julius Caesar) was so apropos: hlthe2b Yesterday #44
Seriously??? PatSeg Yesterday #8
To avoid another TSF lawsuit no_hypocrisy Yesterday #9
Suspended for telling the truth. That's where we are right now. Martin68 Yesterday #10
"Yes...we must sanitize our mass media from any criticism of Dear Leader!" Mysterian Yesterday #11
Cowards Bayard Yesterday #12
Miller is a world class hater, that's the truth IronLionZion Yesterday #13
They suspended her for talling the truth because Trump admin complained. CousinIT Yesterday #14
Him. Boomerproud 19 hrs ago #61
First Amendment on Line 1! loquacious Yesterday #15
Moran vs. Moron BattleRow 3 hrs ago #68
DON'T APOLOGIZE!!!! Grins Yesterday #16
Moran's words rang true to me ...nt Jarqui Yesterday #19
Spot on, Terry! Wuddles440 Yesterday #20
I woulda suspended him for understatement. hay rick Yesterday #21
A revolutionary act provocateur7 Yesterday #22
No one ever loved Miller so hate rules his mind. Sequoia Yesterday #24
Lawsuit. PennRalphie Yesterday #25
ABC has now made itself irrelevant. They are now just another Trump echo chamber. hadEnuf Yesterday #26
Fox is an all out enabler. Boomerproud 19 hrs ago #62
Roger Ailes & Rupert Murdoch destroyed Dark n Stormy Knight 9 hrs ago #64
So many ABC Affiliates are now Sinclair. maxsolomon 45 min ago #69
Journalists can't have a personal, moral opinion? dlk Yesterday #27
Miller is even worse than a hater. NEOBuckeye Yesterday #29
You mean the ABC that sicced Snofolopogous on President Biden? live love laugh Yesterday #30
Why? What did he say that was incorrect? VMA131Marine Yesterday #31
Pee Wee German is a little nazi fuck. Donnie is no better. paleotn Yesterday #32
Why, were Miller's feefees hurt? Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Yesterday #33
Democrats should read it in the House and Senate orangecrush Yesterday #34
No lie detected LymphocyteLover Yesterday #35
Truth Telling.... Blue Ozarks Yesterday #36
Screw You ABC dawgdan Yesterday #37
Journalists suspended for telling the truth. Up is Down. Down is Up LiberalLovinLug Yesterday #38
Terry Moran bdamomma Yesterday #42
I wonder to fuel his hate Aviation Pro Yesterday #43
Disney needs to grow a spine. Beacool Yesterday #47
Absolutely true though. creeksneakers2 Yesterday #48
Moran gets suspended BidenRocks Yesterday #49
In Trump's first term, Miller was bad enough. An evil little fuck, for sure, but more of a cartoon figure with...... PermatexNo.2 Yesterday #50
What kind of fucking cowards are running ABC? marble falls Yesterday #51
And legacy media is puzzled about losing viewers. Attilatheblond Yesterday #52
ABC may be correct... Mike Nelson Yesterday #53
A rare nugget of truth Hey Joe 23 hrs ago #54
ABC, you sorry-ass cowards... GiqueCee 23 hrs ago #55
When I originally heard about this, I was inclined to agree with ABC because Moran is a journalist ... ificandream 23 hrs ago #56
That's like the kindest, most unnecessarily soft language Moran could possibly have used. ABC is fucking pathetic. Karasu 23 hrs ago #57
Salon: "World-class hater": ABC's Moran suspended for saying Stephen Miller is full of "bile" riversedge 22 hrs ago #58
Good grief, people who support Pissolini Dark n Stormy Knight 22 hrs ago #59
He spoke the truth. nt moniss 22 hrs ago #60
So true alstephenson 17 hrs ago #63
For some perspective, the same things happened during the Deminpenn 5 hrs ago #65
I stand with Terry Moran LetMyPeopleVote 4 hrs ago #66
He shoulda left his post up there. Capperdan 3 hrs ago #67

Trueblue1968

(18,577 posts)
28. The journalist was correct. A B C news you suck ...... Miller is EVIL !! As in AntiChrist EVIL !!!!
Sun Jun 8, 2025, 01:08 PM
Yesterday

Ocelot II

(125,094 posts)
3. The truth hurts, yeah?
Sun Jun 8, 2025, 11:31 AM
Yesterday

Truer words about both Miller and Trump were never spoken, so the speaker must be silenced. Shame on ABC.

calimary

(86,573 posts)
17. And SO DAMN DISAPPOINTING!!!
Sun Jun 8, 2025, 12:34 PM
Yesterday

Sometimes I can’t help concluding that this place is one of the few places that hasn’t.

calimary

(86,573 posts)
23. Stephen Miller is a walking, talking, posting DISGRACE.
Sun Jun 8, 2025, 12:55 PM
Yesterday

No wonder we find him well-positioned in the trump regime.

hlthe2b

(110,086 posts)
7. Thank YOU, Terry Moran for speaking the truth, albeit in far too tame terms.
Sun Jun 8, 2025, 11:44 AM
Yesterday

Gawd, there is no descriptor that could possibly be both offensive enough and true enough to be lobbed at Stephen Miller. A NAZI at the worst possible reality in this modern age and would be more than a match had he lived in Hitler's time or long enough to (frighteningly) act out his true desires now.

Perhaps Moran was inspired by yesterday's George Clooney Broadway performance of "Good Night and Good Luck" because I have to think he knew what would happen but spoke his truth regardless.

ShazzieB

(20,836 posts)
40. If Stephen Miller had lived during Hitler's time, he wouldn't have survived.
Sun Jun 8, 2025, 01:39 PM
Yesterday

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A NAZI at the worst possible reality in this modern age and would be more than a match had he lived in Hitler's time or long enough to (frighteningly) act out his true desires.

No matter how much of a nazi he is at heart, ancestry was everything in the Third Reich, and Miller's is Jewish.



If his great great (not sure how many greats, the meme got that part wrong) grandparents hadn't gotten out of Belarus in the early 1900s, their descendants would have probably been murdered by the Einsatzgrupen, along with all but seven of the 2,000 Jews who remained in their village by the late 1930s. I'm happy that they got out, but they must be rolling in their graves right now over the things their despicable descendant is doing.

Here's what Miller's uncle, Dr. David S. Glosser, had to say about him back in 2018: https://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2018/08/13/stephen-miller-is-an-immigration-hypocrite-i-know-because-im-his-uncle-219351

EDIT: After posting this, I stumbled over a video where Dr. Glosser was interviewed about the above-linked piece he wrote on Polico and decided to add it here. Among other things, it provides a glimpse as to just what Miller's relatives think of him (hint: it's not favorable).

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hlthe2b

(110,086 posts)
46. Yes. I have followed Miller's uncle's interviews since 2016, in fact. While I know Miller is Jewish, he is self-hating
Sun Jun 8, 2025, 01:58 PM
Yesterday

Jew by all evidence. There were likewise a couple in Hitler's inner circle who "passed" questioning for whatever reason.

And if you think Miller only hates POC and Muslms, it was Miller who pushed Trump (albeit it might not have taken much at all) NOT to bend toward those horrified and demanding Trump call out those who spat the "Jews will not replace us" crap in Charlottesville--clearly showing he doesn't give a damn about Jews beyond any exploitation they can offer.

generalbetrayus

(970 posts)
41. I watched "Good Night and Good Luck" last night on CNN with my girlfriend at her insistence.
Sun Jun 8, 2025, 01:45 PM
Yesterday

That was an AWESOME performance!

hlthe2b

(110,086 posts)
44. Absolutely! The Shakespeare quote repeatedly used (Cassius in Julius Caesar) was so apropos:
Sun Jun 8, 2025, 01:55 PM
Yesterday

"The fault, dear Brutus, is not in our stars but in ourselves... "

That, plus the knowing comment Clooney-Murrow makes about all his smarter colleagues making their escape to work in Europe (got a chuckle from the audience) made it so cathartic for our times.

PatSeg

(50,299 posts)
8. Seriously???
Sun Jun 8, 2025, 11:49 AM
Yesterday

What this administration is doing is "disgraceful" and needs calling out every chance possible. Shame on ABC!

Mysterian

(5,672 posts)
11. "Yes...we must sanitize our mass media from any criticism of Dear Leader!"
Sun Jun 8, 2025, 12:07 PM
Yesterday

"Dear Leader must be worshipped at all times!"

CousinIT

(11,458 posts)
14. They suspended her for talling the truth because Trump admin complained.
Sun Jun 8, 2025, 12:24 PM
Yesterday

They should have told Trump admin to piss off.

loquacious

(3 posts)
15. First Amendment on Line 1!
Sun Jun 8, 2025, 12:28 PM
Yesterday

This is 1st Amendment territory. Terry has an opinion and the (current) right to express it. Why else do you suppose they call that little man "Pee Wee German."??

Grins

(8,435 posts)
16. DON'T APOLOGIZE!!!!
Sun Jun 8, 2025, 12:33 PM
Yesterday

Jesus, I’m so sick of media and (esp.) Democrats running to apologize every time some Reich-winger’s tender fee-fees are hurt. By the truth!

A better response?

“Yeah. I said it! Prove me wrong.”

Wuddles440

(1,736 posts)
20. Spot on, Terry!
Sun Jun 8, 2025, 12:45 PM
Yesterday

If anything they should reward him for his courage in displaying some journalistic integrity and candor. I'm done with the spineless quislings at ABC.

provocateur7

(4 posts)
22. A revolutionary act
Sun Jun 8, 2025, 12:54 PM
Yesterday

Under a fascist regime, speaking truth is a revolutionary act—paraphrase of unknown author.

hadEnuf

(3,237 posts)
26. ABC has now made itself irrelevant. They are now just another Trump echo chamber.
Sun Jun 8, 2025, 01:02 PM
Yesterday

They can join the ranks of Fox and the rest of the ass kissers.

These people are MAKING Trump into a dictator.

Boomerproud

(8,803 posts)
62. Fox is an all out enabler.
Sun Jun 8, 2025, 07:17 PM
19 hrs ago

The fact that they have such influence is the reason we're in this mess.

Dark n Stormy Knight

(10,389 posts)
64. Roger Ailes & Rupert Murdoch destroyed
Mon Jun 9, 2025, 05:43 AM
9 hrs ago

our democratic Republic. They had help, but they fed gullible people the most propaganda.

maxsolomon

(36,617 posts)
69. So many ABC Affiliates are now Sinclair.
Mon Jun 9, 2025, 02:07 PM
45 min ago

It's not a shock they'd punish a reporter for editorializing - that's the dividing line for "straight news reporting".

It's a limit that's built into "responsible" Journalism - and what DU excoriates the NYT for NOT doing on a daily basis.

dlk

(12,656 posts)
27. Journalists can't have a personal, moral opinion?
Sun Jun 8, 2025, 01:02 PM
Yesterday

A strong, outspoken Fifth Estate is crucial now, more than ever.

NEOBuckeye

(2,879 posts)
29. Miller is even worse than a hater.
Sun Jun 8, 2025, 01:13 PM
Yesterday

He’s a racist, bigoted, narcissistic shithead piece of shit. That’s the unvarnished truth, and it should be plastered on billboards with his ugly mug all over the U.S.

VMA131Marine

(5,009 posts)
31. Why? What did he say that was incorrect?
Sun Jun 8, 2025, 01:20 PM
Yesterday

Stephen Miller would have been right at home in the Third Reich.

paleotn

(20,451 posts)
32. Pee Wee German is a little nazi fuck. Donnie is no better.
Sun Jun 8, 2025, 01:23 PM
Yesterday

You want vile, you fake fucking hillbilly your momma tried to trade for pills? I'll give you vile, motherfucker. You and the rest need to be dragged through the gutter on the way to summary execution.

Blue Ozarks

(19 posts)
36. Truth Telling....
Sun Jun 8, 2025, 01:28 PM
Yesterday

is dangerous in the era of trump induced MAGA psychopathy.

Terry nailed it and so, is being punished.

dawgdan

(25 posts)
37. Screw You ABC
Sun Jun 8, 2025, 01:32 PM
Yesterday

Thank you Mr.Terry Moran for telling the truth. ABC news should be ashamed for suspending you for your statement, shame on them.

Aviation Pro

(14,399 posts)
43. I wonder to fuel his hate
Sun Jun 8, 2025, 01:53 PM
Yesterday

Miller thinks about his wife and Musk in a sweaty and feral embrace.

Beacool

(30,392 posts)
47. Disney needs to grow a spine.
Sun Jun 8, 2025, 02:00 PM
Yesterday

Instead of bending over for the tin-pot dictator wannabe in the WH, and his sycophants. They should have never settled that lawsuit. What did Moran say that was not factual? Miller is an evil man. The type of amoral monster who would have been a member of the Gestapo (if it weren't for the little detail that he's Jewish), gleefully sending people to the camps and to their deaths. In life, what goes around, comes around. May he get what he deserves, sooner rather than later.


PermatexNo.2

(27 posts)
50. In Trump's first term, Miller was bad enough. An evil little fuck, for sure, but more of a cartoon figure with......
Sun Jun 8, 2025, 02:22 PM
Yesterday

.......a brief stint using spray on hair to cover his bald spots. But now, like Trump 2.0, it's no holds barred, full blown evil with death camps and a final solution his secret hope.

Attilatheblond

(6,153 posts)
52. And legacy media is puzzled about losing viewers.
Sun Jun 8, 2025, 02:27 PM
Yesterday

Did their management all go to the same 'business' college as the idiot in the White House who said the price of eggs is down 400%?

Mike Nelson

(10,607 posts)
53. ABC may be correct...
Sun Jun 8, 2025, 02:36 PM
Yesterday

... in that Miller as "World Class" is debatable. However, I think Moran means Miller is a gigantic "Hater." Miller is not at all "classy," and his hatefulness is obvious when watching a string of his TV appearances.

Hey Joe

(38 posts)
54. A rare nugget of truth
Sun Jun 8, 2025, 03:01 PM
23 hrs ago

From a mainstream journalist that will not be tolerated by their corporate overlords. Never mind the constant barrage of hate speech, cruelty and lies belching from this mis-administration on an hourly basis.
Stephen should be sentenced to an eternity of picking tomatoes in hell.

GiqueCee

(2,322 posts)
55. ABC, you sorry-ass cowards...
Sun Jun 8, 2025, 03:32 PM
23 hrs ago

... you should have had Moran's back, but instead you slithered over to the Dark Side to do the Nazi's bidding. You TOTAL assholes.

ificandream

(11,151 posts)
56. When I originally heard about this, I was inclined to agree with ABC because Moran is a journalist ...
Sun Jun 8, 2025, 03:35 PM
23 hrs ago

... and a journalist is supposed to be unbiased. And other journalists have faced similar punishments for putting their personal opinion on social media.

But a look at his posting history on Twitter shows this isn't the first time he's spoke out against the Trump Administration. So the Trump Admin. (through its faux press liaison) complained and ABC responded by suspending him. Had ABC warned him in the past, it'd be one thing. But since they didn't, this is another move by ABC (remember the George Stephanopolous suit) where they have bowed to Trump. You'd almost think they were the Fox Faux Network.

For anyone still thinking that Stephanopolous was going along with the ABC lawsuit settlement he was involved in, Stephanopolous, to his credit, slammed Trump just a few days ago. Good work, George.

Karasu

(1,312 posts)
57. That's like the kindest, most unnecessarily soft language Moran could possibly have used. ABC is fucking pathetic.
Sun Jun 8, 2025, 03:38 PM
23 hrs ago

riversedge

(75,930 posts)
58. Salon: "World-class hater": ABC's Moran suspended for saying Stephen Miller is full of "bile"
Sun Jun 8, 2025, 04:20 PM
22 hrs ago

Moran was being generous IMHO



"World-class hater": ABC's Moran suspended for saying Stephen Miller is full of "bile"






Dark n Stormy Knight

(10,389 posts)
59. Good grief, people who support Pissolini
Sun Jun 8, 2025, 04:21 PM
22 hrs ago

gave up their right to criticize others for being vile, nasty, hateful, etc. The hypocrisy of MAGAts is ludicrous!

Deminpenn

(16,816 posts)
65. For some perspective, the same things happened during the
Mon Jun 9, 2025, 09:09 AM
5 hrs ago

anti-communist frenzy of the late 1940s and early 1950s. The print and broadcast media were completely cowed by the mere thought of being accused of being communists or communist sympathizers and were quite willing to throw their own friends and colleagues who were to the anti-communist wolves.

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