Media Personalities Who Faced Consequences For Problematic Remarks, From Terry Moran To Don Lemon

ABC News dismissed seasoned analogous Terry Moran connected Tuesday for violating web policies pinch an opinionated societal media post, but he was hardly nan first journalist to onshore successful basking h2o complete arguable rhetoric. 

While Moran’s arguable comments came connected X, different pundits person been suspended aliases worse for problematic on-air comments. News personalities person been scolded for everything from insensitive comments astir women to shocking remarks astir nan Holocaust. 

Here are immoderate of nan much high-profile examples successful caller memory:

TERRY MORAN OUT AT ABC NEWS FOLLOWING X POST ATTACKING TRUMP, STEPHEN MILLER

Don Lemon, Terry Moran and Whoopi Goldberg person each been punished for arguable rhetoric.  ((Photo by Stephanie Augello/Variety via Getty Images))

Terry Moran

The longtime ABC News analogous was fto spell Tuesday complete his now-deleted X station attacking President Donald Trump and apical White House adjutant Stephen Miller.

Moran, who had been pinch nan web for 28 years, was shown nan doorway conscionable earlier his statement pinch nan web was group to expire connected Friday. He was initially suspended aft ABC News executives woke up to nan viral backlash that he caused by offering individual thoughts connected Miller and Trump, who he interviewed successful nan Oval Office successful April.

"The point astir Stephen Miller is not that he is nan brains down Trumpism," Moran began his post. "Yes, he is 1 of nan group who conceptualizes nan impulses of nan Trumpist activity and translates them into policy. But that's not what's absorbing astir Miller. It's not brains. It's bile."

"Miller is simply a man who is richly endowed pinch nan capacity for hatred. He's a world-class hater," Moran wrote. "You tin spot this conscionable by looking astatine him because you tin spot that his hatreds are his belief nourishment. He eats his hate."

Moran besides went connected to telephone Trump a "world-class hater" successful nan station but added that "his hatred [is] only a intends to an end, and that extremity [is] his ain glorification. That's his belief nourishment." 

An ABC News insider told Fox News Digital that Moran was well-liked internally but nan Disney-owned web was near pinch "no alternative" but to terminate him. 

NBC NEWS' BEN COLLINS TEMPORARILY BANNED FROM COVERING ELON MUSK ON AIR AFTER ATTACKING TWITTER OWNER: REPORT

Ben Collins

Former NBC News newsman Ben Collins regularly disparaged Elon Musk's takeover of Twitter, now known arsenic X.   (MSNBC)

The erstwhile NBC News newsman many times and openly criticized Elon Musk and his handling of Twitter, raising questions astir whether Collins could study impartially connected nan taxable earlier he was temporarily banned from covering nan billionaire successful 2022. 

Collins, who covered "disinformation, extremism and nan net for NBC News," did not effort to hide his left-wing governmental leanings, often firing disconnected wide missives connected societal media while a reporter.

During his clip astatine NBC, Collins regularly disparaged Musk's takeover of Twitter, now known arsenic X. Collins erstwhile tweeted that Musk "is now learning nan difficult measurement what accusation researchers person known for decades: Everybody's pro-free speech. No s--t. Also, erstwhile you tally a for-profit company, you will meet your statement eventually."

Collins erstwhile snarked, "Elon, person you ever considered that possibly group conscionable disagree pinch you and you've been surviving successful a peculiarly well-sealed bubble of money-chasing Yes Men until very recently?"

Collins near NBC News and is now CEO of The Onion. In an question and reply past period pinch Vanity Fair, Collins said he was suspended for "being excessively mean to Elon Musk."

"After that, I realized my clip connected this peacock is short. When I saw The Onion was for sale, I realized that possibly I didn’t person to unrecorded my full life successful this doldrumescent hell. I started chasing this thing, and we really did prevention it from what we would now telephone AI death. Or nan throes of a decabillionaire who is worried astir achromatic genocide," he said.

CNN FIRES DON LEMON, LEAVING LONGTIME ANCHOR 'STUNNED'

Don Lemon

Don Lemon recovered himself successful basking h2o by saying Nikki Haley was past her "prime" astatine property 51, citing Google arsenic his root while stunning his female co-anchors successful nan process.  (CNN)

CNN fired Don Lemon successful 2023 aft nan anchor caused changeless headaches for web executives pinch his rhetoric. 

Lemon recovered himself successful basking h2o 2 months earlier he was shown nan doorway by saying Nikki Haley was past her "prime" astatine property 51, citing Google arsenic his root while stunning his female co-anchors successful nan process. Lemon offered a mea culpa during nan network's editorial telephone nan adjacent day, but female colleagues weren’t pleased.

Colleagues were further enraged erstwhile Lemon was spotted astatine Miami Beach aft nan insensitive remarks astir Haley. Lemon was past ordered to return "formal training," but his clip astatine nan web was already coming to an end. 

Lemon's "prime" comments were universally panned and not conscionable by conservatives, receiving insult from Biden spokesperson Karine Jean-Pierre during a White House briefing and moreover making its measurement to this year's Oscars ceremony. Best Actress victor Michelle Yeoh told women successful Hollywood, "Don't fto anybody show you, you are ever past your prime."

Those remarks were hardly nan first clip Lemon’s on-air rhetoric sparked backlash among female viewers.

In 2014, he infamously asked a Bill Cosby accuser why she didn’t simply wound his penis to forestall an alleged rape. In 2022, he asked CNN expert S.E. Cupp if she was suffering from "mommy brain" aft she mislaid her train of thought during a sheet discussion. Later that year, Lemon fought pinch his female "CNN This Morning" co-hosts while arguing that antheral athletes make much money than women because "people are much willing successful nan men."

During his clip astatine CNN, Lemon besides compared Trump supporters to Ku Klux Klan members, defended Antifa, and fumed complete group unvaccinated against coronavirus "taking up nan space" successful hospitals, among different news-making moments.

WHOOPI GOLDBERG SUSPENDED FROM 'THE VIEW' FOLLOWING HOLOCAUST REMARKS

Whoopi Goldberg

Whoopi Goldberg was suspended successful 2022 for arguable remarks astir nan Holocaust connected ABC News’ "The View."  (Screenshot/ABC)

Whoopi Goldberg was suspended successful 2022 for arguable remarks astir the Holocaust connected ABC News’ "The View." 

Goldberg, who differs from others because she is simply a talk show big arsenic opposed to a existent journalist, went viral erstwhile she based on that nan Holocaust "isn't astir race," stunning her colleagues astatine nan table. 

"What is it about?" co-host Joy Behar asked. 

"It’s astir man’s inhumanity to man, that’s what it’s about," Goldberg said.  

"But it’s astir a White supremacist going aft Jews and Gypsies," impermanent co-host Ana Navarro said arsenic Goldberg attempted to speak complete her. 

"But these are 2 White groups of people," Goldberg said arsenic her colleagues disagreed. 

Jewish groups condemned nan comments, accusing Goldberg of minimizing Jewish suffering. She attempted to explicate her remarks during her quality connected "The Late Show," suggesting she ne'er meant to offend anyone. 

"I deliberation of title arsenic being thing that I tin see," Goldberg told Stephen Colbert.

"You couldn’t show who was Jewish. They had to delve profoundly to fig it out… My constituent is, they had to do nan work," she continued. "I don’t want to clone apologize… I’m very upset that group misunderstood what I was saying."

ABC News suspended Goldberg for 2 weeks, saying she needed to return clip to "reflect and study astir nan effect of her comments."

Behar besides faced important backlash for 2018 comments that mocked then-Vice President Mike Pence’s Christian faith. 

"The View" sheet first criticized Pence's religion erstwhile co-host Sunny Hostin said, "I don’t cognize that I want my vice president, um — speaking successful tongues and having Jesus speak to him."

Behar chimed in, adding that proceeding from Jesus is really called "mental illness." She yet apologized.

DISNEY BOSS TELLS SHAREHOLDERS THAT ‘THE VIEW’ STAR JOY BEHAR APOLOGIZED FOR ANTI-CHRISTIAN REMARKS

Martin Bashir

Martin Bashir near MSNBC successful 2013 aft suggesting that personification should defecate successful erstwhile Republican vice statesmanlike nominee Sarah Palin’s mouth. (Getty Images)

British journalist Martin Bashir near MSNBC successful 2013 aft sparking wide contention for suggesting that personification should defecate successful erstwhile Republican vice statesmanlike nominee Sarah Palin’s mouth. While he apologized nan pursuing week, nan harm was done.

Bashir initially took disconnected 2 weeks for what was billed arsenic a vacation, and MSNBC took power for failing to enactment against him. He near nan web upon his return aft a gathering pinch then-MSNBC president Phil Griffin.

"I person tendered my resignation. It is my sincere dream that each of my colleagues, astatine this typical network, will beryllium allowed to attraction connected nan issues that matter without nan distraction of myself aliases my ill-judged comments," Bashir said. "I profoundly regret what was said, will endeavor to activity difficult astatine making constructive contributions successful nan early and will ever person a heavy appreciation for our viewers – who are nan smartest, astir compassionate and discerning of each tv audiences." 

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Fox News Digital’s Hanna Panreck and Joseph A. Wulfsohn contributed to this report.