The Associated Press said on Tuesday that the White House had prohibited its journalist with an event at the Oval Office because the news agency would not begin to use “Gulf of America” to describe the Gulf of Mexico.
A press release indicates that a journalist AP was not authorized to attend the signing of a decree in the afternoon. US President Donald Trump and Elon Musk, in charge of the Government Ministry (DOGE), were at the event.
“It is alarming that the Trump administration would punish AP for its independent journalism. Limiting our access to the Oval Office according to the content of the AP speech not only hampered public access to independent news, it clearly violates the first amendment” said the editor -in -chief Julie Pace said in the statement.
After taking office, Trump ordered that the water bordered by the south of the United States, Mexico and Cuba be renowned in the Gulf of America. He also ordered the name of the highest American mountain top, Mont Denali, to come back for Mont McKinley.
In a statement last month, the PA said that its journalists and publishers would continue to describe the Gulf “by its original name while recognizing the new name that Trump has chosen”.
“As a global press agency that disseminates news in the world, the AP must ensure that place names and geography are easily recognizable by all audiences”, ” The opinion read.
The agency said that it would adopt Mount McKinley for the Alaska peak because “the region is only in the United States and as president, Trump has the power to change the federal geographic names in the country” .
The AP style guide is a benchmark for many journalists in English from around the world. It provides standardized rules for grammar, punctuation, spelling and other facets of the news writing. It can be updated to reflect changes in writing style and new guidelines.
