Associated Press backed against the Trump administration on Tuesday after one of its reporters was blocked from an event about the news organization guide on its continuous use of “Gulf of Mexico“In its coverage, calling a violation of the first amendment.
The White House demanded the early morning of Tuesday to alter its style guide to use the name of the Gulf of America instead of using the Gulf of Mexico, AP Executive Editor Julie Pace He said in a statement. President Trump changed the name of the body of water to Gulf de América through an executive order last month. Later, on Tuesday, Pace said the White House prevented an AP reporter from attending Mr. Trump’s executive order in the Oval office.
“It is alarming that the Trump administration punishes AP for its independent journalism. Limit our access to the oval office based on the content of AP speech not only severely prevents public access to independent news, but clearly violates the first amendment” saying.
He AP style guideThat many drafting rooms throughout the country follow, published on January 23, two days after the president signed his executive order renamed the Gulf of Mexico, he affirms that Mr. Trump’s order only has authority within the states United and other countries do not have to recognize change.
“As a global news agency that spreads news worldwide, the AP must ensure that the names of places and geography are easily recognizable for all audiences,” says the guide.
In his executive order, Trump also returned the name of the highest peak in North America in Alaska, Denali, back to Mount McKinley. The AP guide says it will refer to it as Mount McKinley.
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