{"id":2524169,"date":"2025-12-23T05:06:02","date_gmt":"2025-12-23T10:06:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/media-personalities-who-lost-their-jobs-over-news-bias-in-2025\/"},"modified":"2025-12-23T05:08:21","modified_gmt":"2025-12-23T10:08:21","slug":"media-personalities-who-lost-their-jobs-over-news-bias-in-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/media-personalities-who-lost-their-jobs-over-news-bias-in-2025\/","title":{"rendered":"Media personalities who lost their jobs over news bias in 2025"},"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\">22<\/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%2Fmedia-personalities-who-lost-their-jobs-over-news-bias-in-2025%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=2524169&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 article outlines high-profile 2025 firings of <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >television journalists tied<\/a> to controversial on-air or social-media comments.It opens wiht the case of Matthew Dowd, who, during MS NOW&#8217;s live coverage of the on-air shooting that fatally wounded Turning Point USA co-founder Charlie Kirk on Sept. 10, made remarks that many viewed as insensitive and speculative about the shooter&#8217;s motives. MS NOW president apologized, and Dowd was fired the same day; he later sold apparel bearing the phrase &#8220;Hateful thoughts lead to hateful words lead to hateful actions,&#8221; saying proceeds woudl support a Holocaust survivor-led campaign, and he has as criticized his former network. The article also covers ABC News correspondent Terry Moran, who was dismissed after a now-deleted X post calling White House aide Stephen Miller a &#8220;world-class hater.&#8221; Moran defended his remarks, launched a Substack to continue his commentary, and argued his firing highlighted bias within the corporate press.  <\/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\">Media personalities who lost their jobs over news bias in 2025<\/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\">\n<div id=\"Brid_2410402\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>Some television personalities lost their jobs this year due to political or journalistic missteps. Here&rsquo;s who they are and what happened:<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-matthew-dowd\">Matthew Dowd<\/h2>\n<p>MS NOW&rsquo;s <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ms.now\/katy-tur-reports\"><em>Katy Tur Reports<\/em><\/a>  was live when a gunman opened fire at Turning Point USA co-founder <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/charlie-kirk\/\">Charlie Kirk<\/a> and fatally shot him in the neck on Wednesday, Sept. 10. Graphic footage captured Kirk recoiling as a single gunshot was heard.<\/p>\n<div class=\"recommended-stories\">\n<h2>Recommended Stories<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/entertainment\/4355930\/angel-studios-david-opens-studio-best-box-office-weekend\/\">Angel Studios &#8216;DAVID&#8217; opens to studio&#8217;s best box office weekend<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/entertainment\/4290585\/nicki-minaj-newscum-erika-kirk-amfest\/\">Nicki Minaj rips &#8216;Newscum&#8217; in surprise appearance with Erika Kirk at AmericaFest<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/entertainment\/4232696\/watch-live-erika-kirk-jd-vance-americafest\/\">WATCH LIVE: Erika Kirk and JD Vance cap off AmericaFest<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>&ldquo;We don&rsquo;t know any of the full details of this that we don&rsquo;t know if this was a supporter shooting their gun off in celebration,&rdquo; then-MS NOW contributor Matthew Dowd said, before it was confirmed Kirk had been killed. &ldquo;We don&rsquo;t know anything.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>While discussing Kirk, Tur posed the question, &ldquo;Charlie Kirk is a divisive figure, polarizing, lightning rod, whatever term you want to use. Why?&rdquo;<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-media-max-width=\"560\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">&#128680;OMG &mdash; MSNBC just said the shooter might have been &#8220;a supporter shooting their gun off in celebration.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>WHAT?! <\/p>\n<p>The Fake News is blaming MAGA already. Shameful. <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/BEOP3NlgFD\">pic.twitter.com\/BEOP3NlgFD<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Townhall.com (@townhallcom) <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/townhallcom\/status\/1965855068345061804?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 10, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p> <script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>    <\/p>\n<p>Dowd replied, &ldquo;He&rsquo;s one of the [Make America Great Again&rsquo;s] most prominent voices online. He hosts a near-daily podcast.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;He opines on almost everything. He&rsquo;s been very closely aligned with the president since his initial run for office in 2015, 2016. And his ties to Trump really elevated his own brand,&rdquo; Dowd added.<\/p>\n<p>Dowd said that Kirk is &ldquo;constantly sort of pushing this sort of hate speech, aimed at certain groups. And I always go back to, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/msnbc-under-fire-for-tone-on-reporting-charlie-kirk-shooting-despite-later-death\/\" title=\"... under fire for tone on reporting ... ... despite later death\">hateful thoughts lead<\/a> to hateful words, which then lead to hateful actions.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-media-max-width=\"560\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">MSNBC anchor and apparent psycho Kate Tur lashes out at Charlie Kirk after he was shot in the neck moments ago, calling him a &#8220;divisive figure, polarizing, lightning rod. What ever term you want to use.&#8221; <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/2grSfGyEzE\">pic.twitter.com\/2grSfGyEzE<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Nicholas Fondacaro (@NickFondacaro) <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NickFondacaro\/status\/1965854343069937803?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 10, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>    <\/p>\n<p>MS NOW President Rebecca Kutler <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/msnbcpr\/status\/1965913652671754280?s=46&amp;t=WCjN9b0p46x4JtDWW5vQBw\">apologized for the coverage<\/a> on Wednesday evening, saying, &ldquo;During our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/explain-the-business-strategy-cnn-mocked-over-brian-stelters-new-streaming-gig\/\" title=\"\u2018Explain The Business Strategy\u2019: CNN Mocked Over Brian Stelter\u2019s New Streaming Gig\">breaking news coverage<\/a> of the shooting of Charlie Kirk, Matthew Dowd made comments that were inappropriate, insensitive and unacceptable. We apologize for his statements, as has he. There is no place for violence in America, political or otherwise.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>That same day, when Dowd was on air reacting to the news, <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/business\/3802466\/msnbc-analyst-matthew-dowd-fired-charlie-kirk-remarks\/\">MS NOW fired him<\/a>.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Dowd went on to sell apparel with the phrase: &ldquo;Hateful thoughts lead to hateful words lead to hateful actions.&rdquo; Below the quote is the date &ldquo;September 11, 2025,&rdquo; the day after Kirk died. The apparel ranges from $28 to $52<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;All proceeds will go to Holocaust survivor-led, digital campaign, #ItStartedWithWords,&rdquo;<br \/>Dowd <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/matthewjdowd\/status\/1967845819748675849?s=20\">wrote on X at the time<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Ever since his firing, Dowd has criticized his former network.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">MSNBC has zero moral authority to talk about cowardice of Disney, ABC, or Republicans for bending the knee to MAGA when they did exact thing in their termination of me and others.  They are doing the exact thing they complain about others doing.<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Matthew Dowd (@matthewjdowd) <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/matthewjdowd\/status\/1969087855747022906?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 19, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script> <\/div>\n<\/figure><\/div>\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">I would love to be part of the conversation on MSNBC related to the Kimmel story and it&#8217;s chilling effects on first amendment, but unfortunately I was terminated by MSNBC for stating that &#8220;hateful thoughts lead to hateful words which lead to hateful actions&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Matthew Dowd (@matthewjdowd) <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/matthewjdowd\/status\/1969305820589351208?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 20, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script> <\/div>\n<\/figure><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-terry-moran\">Terry Moran<\/h2>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/3420337\/the-view-hosts-tone-down-rhetoric\/\">ABC News<\/a> fired correspondent Terry Moran over his <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/3435000\/abc-news-terry-moran-suspended-rant-world-class-hater-stephen-miller\/\">since-deleted X post<\/a> criticizing White House deputy chief of staff for policy <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"http:\/\/washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/stephen-miller\">Stephen Miller<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Moran notably nabbed an interview with President <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/donald-trump\/\">Donald Trump <\/a>on behalf of ABC News 100 days into Trump&rsquo;s second term. Early on Sunday, Moran decided to share his personal thoughts on Miller, who has worked in the <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/trump-administration\/\">Trump administration<\/a> since the president&rsquo;s first term.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;The thing about Stephen Miller is not that he is the brains behind Trumpism. Yes, he is one of the people who conceptualizes the impulses of the Trumpist movement and translates them into policy. But that&rsquo;s not what&rsquo;s interesting about Miller,&rdquo; Moran wrote. &ldquo;It&rsquo;s not brains. It&rsquo;s bile. Miller is a man who is richly endowed with the capacity for hatred. He&rsquo;s a world-class hater. You can see this just by looking at him because you can see that his hatreds are his spiritual nourishment. He eats his hate.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>By the time Miller responded to the post, it had been deleted from X. However, the message continued to circulate via screenshots.<\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/washington-secrets\/3910686\/connie-chung-podcast-bari-weiss-cbs-changes-liberal-media-scream\/\"><strong>CONNIE CHUNG BARES FANGS AT HUSBAND OVER BARI WEISS CBS CHANGES<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;The most important fact about Terry&rsquo;s full public meltdown is what it shows about the corporate press in America,&rdquo; Miller <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/StephenM\/status\/1931708417715863647?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1931708417715863647%7Ctwgr%5Eb37ca4410cdd551c77ed5b70e707ad984fe370a8%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&amp;ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonexaminer.com%2Fnews%2F3435000%2Fabc-news-terry-moran-suspended-rant-world-class-hater-stephen-miller%2F\">responded on X<\/a>. &ldquo;For decades, the privileged anchors and reporters narrating and gatekeeping our society have been radicals adopting a journalist&rsquo;s pose. Terry pulled off his mask.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Moran <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/opinion\/columnists\/3788983\/terry-moran-doubles-down-trump-hate-liberal-media-scream\/\">stood by his comments<\/a> and went on to launch a Substack to <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/business\/3439235\/terry-moran-joins-unemployed-former-tv-journalists-joining-substack\/\">continue his commentary writing<\/a>. According to Moran, most legacy media outlets <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/politics\/3490888\/fired-abc-reporter-admits-networks-are-biased-against-trump\/\">agree with his stance on Trump<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/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>Media figures fired for 2025 news bias<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2631,"featured_media":2524170,"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\/12\/moran-dowd-e1765915782220.jpg?1765984399&amp;w=696","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[538],"tags":[69283,36489,32490,69285,69284],"class_list":["post-2524169","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-washington-examiner","tag-2025-layoffs","tag-journalism-ethics","tag-media-bias","tag-media-controversies","tag-news-anchors-fired"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/moran-dowd-e1765915782220.jpg?1765984399&amp;w=696","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2524169","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\/2631"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2524169"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2524169\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2524173,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2524169\/revisions\/2524173"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2524170"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2524169"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2524169"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2524169"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}