‘Stand Up For What Is True’
Old-ABC News correspondent Terry Moran split60 MinutesIn an interview on Monday Donald TrumpIt comes just months after CBS’ parent company dealt a blow $16 million settlement agreement across the board with the president.
Moran pointed out that Trump “dunk” on “60 Minutes” when asked by CNN’s Brianna Keilar about the timing of the interview. as he boasted About how Paramount paid him “a lot of money” in an unaired trade with reporter Norah O’Donnell.
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“It was an interview where there wasn’t a lot of pushback. It was an interview that allowed him to move on,” said Moran, who did not mention O’Donnell by name.
Moran said it was “impossible to tell” whether Paramount hired conservative journalist Bari Weiss. named His tenure as editor-in-chief of CBS News in October was part of the equation, and he noted that he had been “very nice” to the president.
Moran – who we sat with the president In late April, less than two months before the “world-class haters” article about Trump and senior White House aide Stephen Miller appeared ABC News dismissal – CNN’s Boris Sanchez later asked the question “what to postpone” during the interview.
He emphasized that Trump “was a very tough interview because he said a lot of things that were not true.”
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“You don’t have to fight him. You shouldn’t, you shouldn’t, right? You have to treat him with the respect that the office deserves and the respect that the people who elect him deserve. But you also have to stand up to something, because turning a blind eye to his lies strengthens him,” he said.
“Every authoritarian in the book does that, and you can look into it, that’s what he does. So I think at some point you have to stand up for what’s right, even at the risk of displeasing Trump or your bosses.”
Following Moran’s departure from ABC News SubStack launches newsletter And continued to defend Highlighting his “definition of true, fair and true” regarding Miller, he emphasized: “cruelty is the real issue“with him.”
Watch Moran’s appearance on “CNN Newsroom” below.
