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
