The Associated Press said that he had been prevented from sending a journalist to the executive order of the Tuesday of the signing in order to “punish” the agency for his style advice on the maintenance of Using the name of the Gulf of Mexico, instead of Donald Trump’s preference by Donald Trump. Name of the geographical landmark as a Gulf of America.
The editor -in -chief of the AP, Julie Pace, said in a statement: “As a global press organization, the Associated Press informs billions of people in the world every day with a factual and non -partisan journalism. »»
“Today, we have been informed by the White House that if AP did not align its editorial standards with the executive decree of President Donald Trump reversing the Gulf of Mexico as a Gulf of America, AP would be forbidden to access to an event at the Oval Office. This afternoon, the AP journalist was prevented from attending a signature of decree. »»
Pace continued: “It is alarming that the Trump administration would punish AP for its independent journalism. Limit our access to the Oval Office according to the content of the AP speech not only seriously obstructs public access to independent news, but it clearly violates the first amendment. »»
Aaron Terr, of the Foundation of Individual Rights and Expression (Fire), described the move “an alarming attack on press freedom”.
“The role of our free press is to play those in responsibility, not to act as their spokesperson. Any government effort to erode this fundamental freedom deserves a condemnation, “said Terr.
The signature of orders in the oval office has finally become a session of questions and answers with the president and Elon Musk, the richest man in the world charged by Trump to revise the American government. Asked about those who called the anti-government efforts of Musk a “hostile takeover” of the executive branch, Musk said: “The people voted for a major government reform and that is what people will get . “
Shortly after its inauguration, Trump signed an executive decree to rename both the Gulf of Mexico and Denali, the highest peak in North America. According to his order, the Gulf of Mexico would be renowned for the Gulf of America, and Denali will return to Mont McKinley – the name he was called before Barack Obama changed him in 2015.
A few days later, the PA deployed its style advice on Trump’s order, noting that the organization “will be referred to it by its original name while recognizing the new name that Trump has chosen”. The PA said that it was because the Gulf brought the name of the Gulf of Mexico for “more than 400 years” and that other countries and international organizations do not have to recognize the change of name.
This is not the case for Mount McKinley, whose name Trump has changed his old name of Denali. Because the Alaska mountain region “is only in the United States” and Trump fully had the power to change the name, the AP said that it would use the name Muckinley.
The AP style is not only used by the agency, but also by thousands of journalists and writers worldwide.
AP’s decision was a brutal gap compared to other major organizations, including Google, which has since confirmed and renamed the Gulf of Mexico as a Gulf of America on Google Maps in the United States.
The White House did not immediately respond to a request for comments.
