Freedom of the press
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Thread was formerly titled "AP in the WH crosshairs"
During Wednesday’s press briefing, White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt told CNN’s Kaitlan Collins that the White House gets to decide who enters the Oval Office—and bar journalists over editorial decisions it disagrees with.
Trump signed an executive order last month to rename the Gulf of Mexico to the “Gulf of America” and Alaska’s Mount Denali once again to “Mount McKinley.”
“I was very upfront in my briefing on day one that if we feel that there are lies being pushed by outlets in this room, we are going to hold those lies accountable,” Leavitt said. “It is a fact that the body of water off the coast of Louisiana is called the Gulf of America, and I’m not sure why news outlets don’t want to call it that, but that is what it is.”
“We are deeply concerned that the White House continues to prevent AP reporters from doing their job covering the president,” AP executive editor Julie Pace said in a statement.
“At issue here is free speech - a pillar of American democracy and a value of the utmost importance to all Americans, regardless of political persuasion, occupation or industry.”
https://www.yahoo.com/news/white-house-escalates-war-against-211159587.html
Here's what AP sent out as style guidance.
How could anyone with a brain be quarreling with it? Silly me... of course that's why Karoline is saying what she's saying...
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The Associated Press sued three Trump administration officials Friday over access to presidential events, citing freedom of speech in asking a federal judge to stop the blocking of its journalists.
The lawsuit was filed Friday afternoon in U.S. District Court in Washington, D.C., 10 days after the White House began restricting access to the news agency.
The AP says its case is about an unconstitutional effort by the White House to control speech — in this case not changing its style from the Gulf of Mexico to the “Gulf of America,” as President Donald Trump did last month with an executive order.
“The press and all people in the United States have the right to choose their own words and not be retaliated against by the government,” the AP said in its lawsuit, which names White House chief of staff Susan Wiles, deputy chief of staff Taylor Budowich and press secretary Karoline Leavitt.
“This targeted attack on the AP’s editorial independence and ability to gather and report the news strikes at the very core of the First Amendment,” the news agency said. “This court should remedy it immediately.”
There was no immediate comment from the administration.
Their style guidelines are in the link in the OP.
I think AP will win.
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The White House on Wednesday removed a liberal media outlet from the rotation of reporters granted close access to the president, breaking a long-established precedent of journalists — not the White House — determining which reporters cover it.
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/02/26/white-house-huffpost-press-pool-00206260
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President Donald Trump bitterly attacked “60 Minutes” shortly after the CBS newsmagazine broadcast stories on Ukraine and Greenland on Sunday, saying the network was out of control and should “pay a big price” for going after him..
https://apnews.com/article/trump-cbs-60-minutes-2c8a32df63f3ec50cfffe94a26436fda
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I was born in a port city on the Gulf of Mexico. I'll likely die in one. I have fuck all interest in calling it the Gulf of America.
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The Republican-led House on Thursday passed a bill that seeks to codify President Donald Trump’s executive order that renamed the Gulf of Mexico to the Gulf of America.
Though all Democrats and one Republican — Rep. Don Bacon of Nebraska — opposed the bill, Republicans narrowly passed the measure, 211-206, sending it to the Senate for a vote.
Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene of Georgia introduced the GOP bill after Trump signed an executive order in January that ordered Interior Secretary Doug Burgum to “take all appropriate actions to rename the Gulf” and update a database of the “official names for geographic features in the 50 states."
Democrats, meanwhile, accused Republicans of ignoring more important matters while taking the time to evaluate this bill.
"What might members of Congress under this temporary Republican majority be debating on the floor today?" House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, D-N.Y., asked during debate ahead of the vote. "Would it be legislation about the economy? Something about healthcare, anything about social security? Perhaps something on public safety, maybe national security matters? Anything to bring to life the American dream for hardworking American taxpayers?"
No," Jeffries continued, "What Republicans have decided to spend this entire legislative day doing is to debate a bill to rename the Gulf of Mexico.”
While Trump does not need congressional approval to ensure the name change is reflected across the federal government, the bill would prevent a future president from easily reversing the move through executive action.
Bacon said Tuesday that he plans to vote "no," calling the legislative effort "juvenile."
“We’re the United States of America. We’re not Kaiser Wilhelm’s Germany or Napoleon’s France. I just — we’re better than this. It just sounds like a sophomore thing to do," Bacon told CNN.
