Supreme Court Health Care Ruling: ABC News’ Terry Moran Describes Pressure Of Reporting Decision (VIDEO)
Posted in: Today's ChiliCovering breaking news is tough — and covering a highly divisive, hotly anticipated Supreme Court ruling might be one of the toughest assignments in the journalism business. There’s no video or audio — you’re just handed a pile of paper and have to decipher arcane legal conclusions in a flash.
So it’s not surprising that the court’s landmark health care decision sent media organizations into a complete frenzy on Thursday. Networks raced to decipher the 193-page decision live on-air just seconds after getting a copy in their hands, and as viewers saw, some missed the mark. One who got it right was ABC News’ Terry Moran. As he told The Huffington Post on Thursday, he definitely felt the pressure when he delivered the ruling’s biggest point within thirty seconds of receiving the papers.
“It was hairy, but fun,” Moran said about the experience on Thursday. The correspondent, who covers the Supreme Court for ABC News, said, “I’ve been doing this a long time, looking at judicial opinions for the better part of 20 years, so I knew how to look, where to look. The pressure was really crazy, and I had fun doing it.”
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