Overview

• On his Substack, Moran characterized ABC News’ lack of pro-Trump perspectives as a newsroom ‘deafness’ that inadvertently skewed coverage.
• Fox News hosts praised Moran’s candor, likening ABC’s Trump rally reporting to an ‘anthropological’ zoo exercise.
• Moran’s move to an independent Substack model highlights a trend of journalists adopting subscriber-funded platforms in debates over newsroom neutrality.
• He criticized FCC Chair Brendan Carr’s proposed bias monitor on CBS News, calling it an overreach in media regulation.
• ABC News reaffirmed its strict impartiality policy and confirmed there are no plans to reinstate Moran or revise its objectivity policy.