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Terry Moran, the former ABC News correspondent pictured here, spoke out about being dropped by the network over his social media missive against President Donald Trump and deputy chief of staff Stephen Miller.\u00a9\u00a0Paula Lobo\/ABC\/Getty Images<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Terry Moran has no regrets.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The now-former ABC News correspondent sat down for a pair of interviews on Monday, speaking out for the first time about losing his job at the network<\/a> after he posted a social media missive last week against President Donald Trump and deputy chief of staff Stephen Miller.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI don\u2019t think you should ever regret telling the truth. And I don\u2019t,\u201d Moran told The New York Times<\/a>. He echoed that sentiment during a live-streamed interview with The Bulwark\u2019s Tim Miller<\/a>. \u201cI wrote it because I thought it was true,\u201d Moran said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Moran, who interviewed Trump in the Oval Office in late April, wrote in the now-deleted X post that Miller, a \u201cworld-class hater,\u201d is \u201crichly endowed with the capacity for hatred\u201d and that \u201chatreds are his spiritual nourishment.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

For Trump, he added, hatred is \u201conly a means to an end, and that end is his own glorification. That\u2019s his spiritual nourishment.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The post shocked Moran\u2019s own ABC News colleagues and drew public outrage from White House officials, including Miller, Vice President JD Vance and White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt. The network initially suspended Moran<\/a> and, two days later, announced it would not renew his contract.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Moran, 65, a long-time news correspondent for ABC who has never been one to publicly share his opinions, styled himself as a \u201cproud centrist\u201d in his interview with The Bulwark. Since first joining the network in 1997, Moran has served as chief foreign correspondent, chief White House correspondent, \u201cNightline\u201d co-anchor and, most recently, senior national correspondent.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cIt wasn\u2019t a drunk tweet,\u201d Moran told the Times on Monday about his late-night posting on X. \u201cI used very strong language deliberately,\u201d he told The Bulwark, admitting the post was \u201cvery hot\u201d but nevertheless \u201caccurate and true.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The offending post, he said, \u201cwas something that was in my heart and mind.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Regarding his ABC ouster, Moran told the Bulwark, \u201cFrom my perspective, it looked like a business decision. I became bad business, it feels like.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In his Times interview, Moran pushed back against the ABC News framing that he was let go ahead of his contract\u2019s expiration, instead alleging the outlet was \u201cbailing\u201d on an \u201coral agreement\u201d to renew his contract for three years. \u201cWe had a deal,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

ABC News did not immediately respond to a request for comment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Moran also resisted the notion that journalists should strive to be objective. He told The Bulwark that \u201cthere is no Mount Olympus of objectivity where a mandarin class of wise people have no feelings about their society.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWhat you have to be is fair and accurate,\u201d Moran said. \u201cI would refer to the interview with the president that I did, or a lot of my work.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Shortly after being dropped by ABC News, Moran launched a Substack newsletter<\/a>, joining the growing ranks of TV news stars going independent with their reporting and analysis. The Times reported that Moran has thus far drawn more than 90,000 subscribers on the platform.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Moran seemed assured in his move, telling the Bulwark, a fellow Substack-hosted publication, \u201cWe are free to speak our minds here.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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