Associated Press says her reporter was forbidden on Tuesday in an oval office for rejection of the output to use the term “US Bay” in accordance with President Trump Renaming executive order A water body between the United States and Mexico.
“Today, the White House informed us that if APs did not reconcile its editorial standards with the executive order of President Donald Trump, which renamed the Gulf of Mexico as the US Bay, AP will be forbidden to approach an event in an oval office. This afternoon. blocked to attend the signing of the Executive Command, “Executive editor of AP -A Julie Pace said in a statement.
“It is alarming that Trump’s administration will punish AP for its independent journalism,” Pace continued. “Limiting our approach to an oval office based on the content of AP speech not only seriously interferes with the public access to the public independent news, but obviously violates the first amendment.
President Donald Trump, on the right, tells reporters accompanied by the interior secretaries Doug Burgum and the wife of Burguma Kathryn Burgum, on Air Force, where Trump signed a proclamation that declared on February 9th day of the Bay of America, while traveling with West Palm Beach, Flav. In New Orleans, Sunday, February 9, 2025 (AP Photo/Ben Curtis) (AP Photo/Ben Curtis)
Trump signed an executive command in which he renamed the “Mexican Bay” “American Bay” On the first day at the office. He also returned Alaska Denali to his previous name, Mt. McKinley, after the 25th President of the United States, William McKinley. President Obama renamed Mt. McKinley in Denali, a name given to him by Alaskan natives, 2015.
In his style of guidelines, issued on 23 January, AP said He would use “Mount McKinley” because Trump has an authority to rename American sights, but not exclusively “US Bay”.
“The Gulf of Mexico has carried the name for more than 400 years. Associated press will be referred to it by its original name, at the same time recognizing the new name Trump chose. As a global news agency that spreads news around the world, AP must ensure that names and geographical The names and geography are easily recognizable to the entire audience, “the guidelines state.
AP said Fox News Digital Tuesday stands with the lead.
The President of the Eugene Daniels White House Association said the organization is standing with AP and “invites the administration to change the course immediately.”
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Associated Press claimed that they were banned from the White House event for refusing to use the term “American Bay”. (Getty Images)
“The White House cannot dictate that news organizations are reporting on news, nor should they punish work journalists because it is dissatisfied with the decisions of their editors. The administration move to prohibit journalists from the Associated Press from an official open -air reporting event today,” he said.
The White House did not respond to the request for comment on time to post.
Google Maps And FAA started using the “American Bay” terminology.
“Keep in mind that FAA is in the update of our data and charts to show the name change from Gulf of Mexican In the American Bay and the name, they change from Denali to Mount McKinley. This will be aimed at the next cycle of post, “the chart notification states.
On the way to the Super Bowl Lix, President Trump signed a command that declared “Day of the Bay of America” on February 9th. (Daniel Tok/Chief Photographer of White House)
Elon musk Appeared along with Trump is on Tuesday at an oval office, while the president has signed the executive command to indicate the head of the plans for the implementation of major decrease in federal workforce.
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