AP Says Trump White House Blocked Access Because It Didn’t Rename Gulf Of Mexico As Gulf Of America
deadline.comThe Associated Press said it was blocked from covering President Donald Trump‘s executive order signing today because it declined to change the name of the Gulf of Mexico to the Gulf of America in its editorial style standards.
Julie Pace, the executive editor of the news agency, said in a statement, “Today we were informed by the White House that if AP did not align its editorial standards with President Donald Trump’s executive order renaming the Gulf of Mexico as the Gulf of America, AP would be barred from accessing an event in the Oval Office.
This afternoon AP’s reporter was blocked from attending an executive order signing.” She added, “It is alarming that the Trump administration would punish AP for its independent journalism.
Limiting our access to the Oval Office based on the content of AP’s speech not only severely impedes the public’s access to independent news, it plainly violates the First Amendment.” Trump signed executive orders in an Oval Office appearance this afternoon, in which he was joined by Elon Musk, leading his efforts to slash the size of government.
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