Ex-ABC journalist says network rejected Biden health story pitch

Summarised from 2 outlets · Updated 22 Sept, 17:37 · Archive

Terry Moran, a former ABC correspondent, says the network shut down his pitch to report on President Biden's health concerns.

Moran said he attempted to report on Biden's declining health after witnessing it firsthand, but ABC News leadership rejected the story, telling him it was not his to cover. Both outlets report that Moran says the network 'shut down' his pitch.

How it is being reported

• Terry Moran says network rejected his Biden health story after he witnessed president’s frailtyTerry Moran says ABC News leadership shut down his pitch to report on former President Joe Biden's declining health, telling him the story wasn't his to cover.Fox News · 22 Sept, 17:19
• Ex-ABC correspondent Terry Moran says he raised Biden health concerns — and got ‘shut down very hard’"I tried to do the story of Biden's health before anybody else did in network, because I'd seen it and I got shut down very hard," Terry Moran said.New York Post · 22 Sept, 15:43

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