The Associated Press said Tuesday that one of the reporters was banned from an oval office event.
In a statement, Julie Pace, executive editor of the Associated Press, said from the White House that news organizations will attend the event if the outlet does not begin using “American Gulf,” the name of President Trump. He said he was notified that he was not permitted. An executive order was ordered in January. Trump signed the executive order in front of reporters in the Oval Office on Tuesday, calling for Musk’s cost-cutting efforts, called Government Efficiency, to cooperate with federal agencies.
“We are wary of the Trump administration’s punishment of the Associated Press with independent journalism,” Pace said. “Restricting access to an oval office based on the content of the AP’s speech not only severely hinders public access to independent news, but is clearly a violation of the initial revision.”
Eugene Daniels, president of the White House Correspondents Association, called on the Trump administration to “change courses immediately.”
“The White House cannot decide how news organizations report news, and should not punish work journalists because they are unhappy with the editor’s decision,” Daniels said in a statement. I did. “The administration’s move to ban reporters from the Associated Press from official events open from today’s news reports is unacceptable.”
The AP published editorial guidance on the Gulf of Mexico on January 23rd. In a post on the website, he said the waters had been in its name for over 400 years and shared borders with both the US and Mexico. The AP said it would refer to the Gulf of Mexico as Trump’s executive order was solely powered within the US and not recognized by Mexico. “While acknowledging the new name Trump chose.”
Meanwhile, the AP has updated its Stylebook to reflect Trump’s order to bring the name of Denali, a mountain in Alaska, back to Mount McKinley.
Trump issued an executive order renaming the Gulf of Mexico on January 20th, part of his pledge to honor “America’s greatness.” He declared “American Gulf Day” on February 9th.
