Various news outlets asked the White House on Feb. 17 to allow the Associated Press to once more attend press events despite its insistence on referring to the Gulf of America as the “Gulf of Mexico.”
The Associated Press has continued to use the “Gulf of Mexico” terminology in reports even after President Donald Trump signed an executive order formally changing the name.
As a result, its reporters have been barred from official events.
But a letter signed by 40 outlets and organized by the White House Correspondents’ Association implored the White House to lift the ban, according to The New York Times.
“The First Amendment prohibits the government from asserting control over how news organizations make editorial decisions,” the document said. […]
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