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Every trumper is a N4T.
....the trump WH has barred access to WH events for an AP reporter because the AP refuses to continue using The Gulf of Mexico.
Like any tinpot dictator, trump is using his authority as a cudgel in an attempt to beat formerly independent organizations into submission.
The only chance freedom has is for the press to resist trump at every turn while still reporting events truthfully.
February 11, 20257:43 PM ESTUpdated 10 hours ago
Feb 11 (Reuters) - The White House Correspondents' Association protested a decision by the White House on Tuesday to bar an Associated Press reporter from an event with President Donald Trump over the news agency's decision to continue referring to the Gulf of Mexico. Trump signed an executive order in January directing the Interior Secretary to change the name to the Gulf of America.
"The White House cannot dictate how news organizations report the news, nor should it penalize working journalists because it is unhappy with their editors' decisions," Eugene Daniels, president of the association, said on Tuesday in a statement posted on X. "The move by the administration to bar a reporter from the Associated Press from an official event open to news coverage today is unacceptable," Daniels said. AP Executive Editor Julie Pace said in a statement, opens new tab earlier that its reporter had been blocked from attending an Oval Office event after being informed by the White House it would be barred unless it aligned its editorial standards with Trump's order. "It is alarming that the Trump administration would punish AP for its independent journalism," Pace said, adding that limiting access violated the First Amendment of the U.S. Constitution guaranteeing freedom of the press.
The AP says in its stylebook that the Gulf of Mexico has carried that name for more than 400 years and, as a global news agency, the AP will refer to it by its original name while acknowledging the new name Trump has chosen.
The White House did not immediately respond to requests for comment on the statements by the WHCA and the AP. Mexico's foreign ministry also did not immediately respond to a request for comment on Tuesday.
Like the U.S., Mexico has a long coastline circling the body of water. Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum in January jokingly suggested North America, including the United States, be renamed "Mexican America" - a historic name used on an early map of the region.
Most news organizations, including Reuters, call it the Gulf of Mexico although, where relevant, Reuters style is to include the context about Trump's executive order.
Like any tinpot dictator, trump is using his authority as a cudgel in an attempt to beat formerly independent organizations into submission.
The only chance freedom has is for the press to resist trump at every turn while still reporting events truthfully.
White House correspondents protest access denial over 'Gulf of Mexico' naming issue
By ReutersFebruary 11, 20257:43 PM ESTUpdated 10 hours ago
Feb 11 (Reuters) - The White House Correspondents' Association protested a decision by the White House on Tuesday to bar an Associated Press reporter from an event with President Donald Trump over the news agency's decision to continue referring to the Gulf of Mexico. Trump signed an executive order in January directing the Interior Secretary to change the name to the Gulf of America.
"The White House cannot dictate how news organizations report the news, nor should it penalize working journalists because it is unhappy with their editors' decisions," Eugene Daniels, president of the association, said on Tuesday in a statement posted on X. "The move by the administration to bar a reporter from the Associated Press from an official event open to news coverage today is unacceptable," Daniels said. AP Executive Editor Julie Pace said in a statement, opens new tab earlier that its reporter had been blocked from attending an Oval Office event after being informed by the White House it would be barred unless it aligned its editorial standards with Trump's order. "It is alarming that the Trump administration would punish AP for its independent journalism," Pace said, adding that limiting access violated the First Amendment of the U.S. Constitution guaranteeing freedom of the press.
The AP says in its stylebook that the Gulf of Mexico has carried that name for more than 400 years and, as a global news agency, the AP will refer to it by its original name while acknowledging the new name Trump has chosen.
The White House did not immediately respond to requests for comment on the statements by the WHCA and the AP. Mexico's foreign ministry also did not immediately respond to a request for comment on Tuesday.
Like the U.S., Mexico has a long coastline circling the body of water. Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum in January jokingly suggested North America, including the United States, be renamed "Mexican America" - a historic name used on an early map of the region.
Most news organizations, including Reuters, call it the Gulf of Mexico although, where relevant, Reuters style is to include the context about Trump's executive order.
