CLEVELAND, Ohio -- ABC News has suspended correspondent David Wright after a secret recording showed him criticizing the network and calling himself a socialist.

The video was released Wednesday by Project Veritas, a conservative web site that publishes videos that aim to embarrass or expose bias in mainstream media.

“I feel terrible about it. I feel the truth suffers, the voters are poorly informed and people also have the opportunity to tune into whatever they want to hear,” Wright says in the video, apparently talking about the political coverage on ABC News. “And so, it’s like there’s no upside in, or our bosses don’t see an upside in doing the job we’re supposed to do, which is to speak truth to power and hold people to account.”

He continues, “We don’t hold him [Trump] to account. We also don’t give him credit for what things he does do... Again, I think, in the place that I work and the places like it, is that with Trump we’re interested in three things: we’re interested in the outrage of the day, the investigation, and of the palace intrigue of who’s backstabbing whom. Beyond that, we don’t really cover the guy."

According to Project Veritas, the video was shot while Wright was covering the New Hampshire primary earlier this month. A source told Deadline Wright wasn’t aware he was being recorded.

Later in the video, he calls ABC News a “profit center, a promotion center.”

“Like now, you can’t watch ‘Good Morning America’ without there being a Disney princess or a Marvel Avenger. It’s all self-promotional,” he says.

The conversation then veers to Wright’s political beliefs when an unseen and unidentified woman asks if he considers himself a Democratic socialist.

“Oh yeah. Like, more than that, I consider myself a socialist,” he responds. “There should be national health insurance. I’m totally fine with reigning in corporations, I think they’re too many billionaires, and I think there’s a wealth gap. That’s a problem,” he says, echoing beliefs held by Sen. Bernie Sanders.

In a statement to media outlets, ABC News explained the decision to suspend Wright.

“Any action that damages our reputation for fairness and impartiality or gives the appearance of compromising it harms ABC News and the individuals involved. David Wright has been suspended, and to avoid any possible appearance of bias, he will be reassigned away from political coverage when he returns.”

Wright has been with ABC News since 2000, appearing on “World News Tonight,” “Good Morning America,” and “Nightline.”

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