ABC News Criticized for Joking About President Trump’s Funeral During Bush Service

President Donald J. Trump and First Lady Melania Trump attend the state funeral service of former President George W. Bush at the National Cathedral, in Washington on Dec. 5, 2018. Chris Kleponis-Pool/Getty Images
Jack Phillips
Jack Phillips
Breaking News Reporter
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ABC News correspondents were slammed for their on-air speculation about President Donald Trump during former President George H.W. Bush’s funeral this week. One critic described the move as “despicable garbage” during a time of mourning.

“Probably a different tone in that [President Trump’s] funeral… first he’s going to choreograph it, so there might be more trumpets and fanfare,” ABC chief foreign correspondent Terry Moran said on-air. ABC correspondent Devin Dwyer, who was President Obama’s off-air reporter for ABC News in 2012, added: “Yes, he would do it bigger, one would imagine,” according to TheWrap.
Jack Phillips
Jack Phillips
Breaking News Reporter
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