{"id":2444993,"date":"2025-06-09T17:40:02","date_gmt":"2025-06-09T21:40:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/abc-newss-activism-could-continue-until-leadership-changes-joe-concha\/"},"modified":"2025-06-09T17:41:01","modified_gmt":"2025-06-09T21:41:01","slug":"abc-newss-activism-could-continue-until-leadership-changes-joe-concha","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/abc-newss-activism-could-continue-until-leadership-changes-joe-concha\/","title":{"rendered":"ABC News\u2019s \u2018activism\u2019 could continue until leadership changes: Joe Concha"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fabc-newss-activism-could-continue-until-leadership-changes-joe-concha%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2444993&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/afghanistan-rescue-operation-leaders-attach-harris-to-disastrous-withdrawal-blood-on-her-hands-washington-examiner\/\" title=\"Afghanistan rescue operation leaders attach Harris to disastrous withdrawal: \u2018Blood on her hands\u2019 - Washington Examiner\">article discusses criticism directed<\/a> at ABC News for its perceived bias against the Trump administration. Columnist Joe Concha highlights a statement made by senior national correspondent Terry Moran, who called White house deputy chief of staff stephen Miller a &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/abc-newss-terry-moran-suspended-after-rant-on-world-class-hater-stephen-miller\/\" title=\"...&#039;s Terry Moran suspended after rant on \u2018world-c...ss hater\u2019 Stephen ...\">world-class hater<\/a>&#8221; in a social media post. Concha argues that this kind of &#8220;activism&#8221; from ABC News will persist unless ther is a change in leadership, especially pointing to Dana Walden, who he claims has ties to Democratic politicians, including Kamala Harris. He emphasizes that the network&#8217;s coverage of trump has been predominantly negative, undermining public trust in media. The piece also mentions Moran&#8217;s suspension following the backlash over his comments, with ABC asserting its commitment to objectivity. Concha suggests that diversity in news reporting could improve the situation, and references a critically important settlement ABC reached with Trump over defamation. The overall theme revolves around concerns about media bias and the implications for journalistic integrity.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">ABC News&rsquo;s &lsquo;activism&rsquo; could continue until leadership changes: Joe Concha<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_2137538\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p><em>Washington Examiner<\/em> columnist <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/author\/joe-concha\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Joe Concha<\/a> condemned ABC News&rsquo;s &ldquo;activism&rdquo; against the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/trump-administration\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Trump administration<\/a> but predicted that it will continue.<\/p>\n<p>ABC News received major backlash after <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/3435000\/abc-news-terry-moran-suspended-rant-world-class-hater-stephen-miller\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">senior national correspondent Terry Moran<\/a> claimed in a deleted X post that White House deputy chief of staff Stephen Miller is &ldquo;a man who is richly endowed with the capacity for hatred,&rdquo; and &ldquo;a world-class hater.&rdquo; Miller said Moran&rsquo;s statement reflects how &ldquo;privileged anchors and reporters&rdquo; are actually <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/StephenM\/status\/1931708417715863647\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">&ldquo;radicals adopting a journalist&rsquo;s pose,&rdquo;<\/a> an assessment Concha agreed with.<\/p>\n<div class=\"recommended-stories\">\n<h2>Recommended Stories<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/justice\/3435308\/massachusetts-judge-faces-judicial-hearing-allegedly-helping-illegal-immigrant-evade-arrest\/\">Massachusetts judge faces judicial hearing for <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >allegedly helping illegal immigrant evade arrest<\/a> in 2018<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/entertainment\/3435944\/the-view-trump-national-guard-la-fascism-civil-war\/\">&#8216;The View&#8217; melts down over Trump sending National Guard to LA, warns of &#8216;fascism&#8217; and &#8216;civil war&#8217;<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/3435878\/trump-walks-back-la-insurrection-comment-national-guard-ice-protests\/\">Trump says LA protests not &#8216;quite an insurrection&#8217; after earlier &#8216;paid insurrectionists&#8217; comment<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>&ldquo;And here&rsquo;s the thing: Until leadership changes at ABC News, this could continue to go on because the person who runs ABC News, Sandra, her name is Dana Walden,&rdquo; Concha explained on Fox News&rsquo;s <em>America Reports<\/em>. &ldquo;She has contributed to Kamala Harris&rsquo;s campaigns in the past, she has hosted parties for Kamala Harris at her house, and she&rsquo;s running the news division when, clearly, she is a Democrat.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<div style=\"width: 100%; max-width: 640px; max-height: 360px; min-width: 320px; min-height: 180px; overflow: hidden;\">\n<div style=\"position: relative; width: 100%; padding-top: 56.25%;\"><iframe src=\"https:\/\/share.grabien.com\/share.php?id=2973384&amp;userid=11311&amp;loginid=9421&amp;playercolor=%23000000&amp;playersize=auto&amp;code=17de2316d613875ee41b9283473a9b0f\" style=\"position: absolute; top: 0px; left: 0px; width: 100%; height: 100%; border: 0px;\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Concha also pointed to the presidential debate that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/abc-news\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">ABC News<\/a> hosted in September 2024, in which President Donald Trump was asked five follow-up questions and given six fact-checks, whereas former Vice President Kamala Harris, the Democratic presidential candidate, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/presidential\/3150946\/fact-check-kamala-harris-claims-abc-debate-moderators-did-not\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">did not receive either<\/a>. Nine months later, Moran&rsquo;s comments against Miller mark &ldquo;Exhibit A&rdquo; in why trust in the media is so low, Concha said.<\/p>\n<p>Moran has been suspended in the wake of his viral X post, with ABC News issuing a statement claiming the network stands for &ldquo;objectivity and impartiality.&rdquo; Concha, however, pointed to data indicating that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/in_focus\/3429112\/why-legacy-media-trump-coverage-negative\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">92% of Trump administration coverage<\/a> from ABC News, CNN, and CBS News has been negative, despite Trump&rsquo;s net-positive favorability among the public.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/3435254\/trump-newsom-la-riots-2026-candidates\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">2026 CALIFORNIA CANDIDATES TAKE SIDES IN TRUMP-NEWSOM FEUD OVER LA RIOTS<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Trump&rsquo;s administration has taken multiple steps to change its press access since he returned to the White House, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/3360833\/trump-podcast-presidency-invites-hosts-white-house\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">including inviting podcast hosts to these briefings<\/a>. Concha predicted that more changes will come, suggesting that more reporters with different viewpoints are &ldquo;always a good thing.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>In December 2024, ABC News <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/justice\/3261020\/stephanopoulos-abc-news-ordered-to-apologize-pay-15-million-trump-defamation-settlement\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">reached a $15 million settlement with Trump<\/a> to drop his defamation suit. Trump filed the suit after anchor George Stephanopoulos claimed in an interview with Rep. Nancy Mace (R-SC) that the president had been found liable for rape, rather than sexual abuse.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p> <script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script><script>!function(){var g=window;g.googletag=g.googletag||{},g.googletag.cmd=g.googletag.cmd||[],g.googletag.cmd.push(function(){g.googletag.pubads().setTargeting(\"has-featured-video\",\"true\")})}();<\/script><script>var _bp=_bp||[];_bp.push({\"div\":\"Brid_2137538\",\"obj\":{\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"1280\",\"height\":\"720\",\"stickyDirection\":\"below\",\"video\":\"2137538\"}});<\/script><script defer src=\"https:\/\/services.brid.tv\/player\/build\/brid.min.js\"><\/script><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Joe Concha predicts ABC News&#8217;s &#8220;activism&#8221; will persist until leadership changes<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2632,"featured_media":2444994,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Stephen-Miller-vs-Terry-Moran-scaled-1024x683.webp","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[36059,14436,52093,52063,33457],"class_list":["post-2444993","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-abc-news","tag-activism","tag-joe-concha","tag-leadership-changes","tag-media-analysis"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Stephen-Miller-vs-Terry-Moran-scaled-1024x683.webp","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2444993","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2632"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2444993"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2444993\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2444997,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2444993\/revisions\/2444997"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2444994"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2444993"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2444993"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2444993"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}