{"id":2402244,"date":"2025-02-13T11:02:58","date_gmt":"2025-02-13T16:02:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/associated-press-barred-from-oval-office-for-policy-on-gulf-of-america\/"},"modified":"2025-02-13T11:05:01","modified_gmt":"2025-02-13T16:05:01","slug":"associated-press-barred-from-oval-office-for-policy-on-gulf-of-america","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/associated-press-barred-from-oval-office-for-policy-on-gulf-of-america\/","title":{"rendered":"Associated Press Barred from Oval Office for Policy on Gulf of America"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">24<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fassociated-press-barred-from-oval-office-for-policy-on-gulf-of-america%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2402244&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>The \u200barticle\u2064 discusses a controversy\u200b surrounding the naming of the \u2064body \u2063of water traditionally referred\u200c to as the Gulf\u2063 of \u2062Mexico, which has been\u2064 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/fetterman-gave-nod-to-crips-street-gang-during-mayoral-campaign\/\" title=\"Fetterman Gave Nod to Crips Street Gang During Mayoral Campaign\">officially renamed<\/a> the \u200cGulf \u2062of America \u2062by President Donald Trump. The White House has taken action\u2062 against the\u200c Associated \u200cPress (AP) for continuing\u2063 to\u2064 use the\u200b old name, barring its reporter \u2062from the Oval Office as a punitive measure.<\/p>\n<p>Despite the administration&#8217;s executive order and the Department of the Interior&#8217;s official recognition of the new name, several media\u200c outlets, including the AP, The Washington Post, and \u200dThe\u200d New York times, have persisted in using\u2063 &#8220;Gulf of Mexico.&#8221; The white House defended its actions, \u200dwith\u200d Press Secretary \u200dKaroline Leavitt emphasizing the\u200b importance of \u200cmedia \u2063accountability,\u2064 while AP&#8217;s\u2062 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/federal-deficit-to-double-to-2-trillion-even-as-biden-boasts-deficit-cutting\/\" title=\"Biden boasts deficit-cutting, but federal deficit set to double to  trillion.\">senior\u200b vice president<\/a>, Julie Pace, \u2063criticized the White House for retaliating against a press outlet\u200c based\u2062 on content, highlighting potential First Amendment issues.\u2063 The article reflects on the\u200c broader implications\u200b of\u2062 this \u200bdispute for press freedom\u200b and governmental influence\u200b over\u2064 media reporting.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<section> \t\t\t\t<script>console.log(\"ad slot (AC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC2)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC3)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC4)\")<\/script><\/p>\n<p>The White House barred a reporter for the Associated Press from the Oval Office on Tuesday as the outlet continues referring to the Gulf of America as the &ldquo;Gulf of Mexico.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>President Donald Trump signed an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/google-announces-will-make-partial-gulf-america-name-change\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">executive order<\/a> on his first day in office renaming the body of water, noting the significance of the Gulf of America to the history and economy of the United States.<\/p>\n<p>But the Associated Press has continued calling the Gulf of America by its former name, even after the Department of the Interior officially renamed the geographic feature.<\/p>\n<p>The decision was reflected both in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/meet-newsguard-the-government-backed-censorship-tool-billed-as-an-arbiter-of-truth\/\" title=\"Meet NewsGuard: The Government-Backed Censorship Tool Billed As An Arbiter Of Truth\">official government sources<\/a> and in popular map applications made by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/google-announces-will-make-partial-gulf-america-name-change\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Google<\/a> and Apple.<\/p>\n<p>The outlet <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/trump-ap-journalism-first-amendment-8a83d8b506053249598e807f8e91e1ae\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">revealed<\/a> that an unnamed reporter <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/trump-comes-perfect-punishment-ap-reporter-ap-rejects-gulf-america-renaming\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">tried to enter the Oval Office<\/a> on Tuesday afternoon and &ldquo;was turned away.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p> <script type=\"text\/javascript\"> \t\t\tif ( getCookie( \"ff_subbed\" ) ) { \t\t\t\tdocument.getElementById(\"stnvideo\").remove() \t\t\t} \t\t<\/script> <\/p>\n<p>Another reporter &ldquo;was barred from a late-evening event in the White House&rsquo;s Diplomatic Reception Room.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;The highly unusual ban, which Trump administration officials had threatened earlier Tuesday unless the AP changed the style on the Gulf, could have <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\">constitutional free-speech implications<\/a>,&rdquo; the Associated Press contended.<\/p>\n<p>White House Press Secretary <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/karoline-leavitt-goes-off-cnns-kaitlan-collins-gulf-america-question-let-just-set-record-straight\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Karoline Leavitt<\/a> affirmed that the White House made the right decision, rooting the new policy in the administration&rsquo;s desire to hold legacy media outlets accountable for refusing to report truthfully.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;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,&rdquo; Leavitt said during a Wednesday news briefing.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;It is a fact that the body of water off the coast of Louisiana is called the Gulf of America, and I am not sure why <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/karoline-leavitt-goes-off-on-cnns-kaitlan-collins-after-gulf-of-america-question-let-me-just-set-the-record-straight\/\" title=\"Karoline ... Goes Off on CNN&#039;s Kaitlan Collins After Gulf of America Question: &#039;Let Me Just Set the Record Straight&#039;\">news outlets don&#038;rsquo<\/a>;t want to call it that, but that is what it is,&rdquo; she added.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;And it&rsquo;s very important to this administration that we get that right, not just for people here at home, but also for the rest of the world.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Julie Pace, the senior vice president and executive editor of the Associated Press, wrote a letter to White House Chief of Staff Susie Wiles complaining about the policy.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;The actions taken by this White House were plainly intended to punish the AP for the content of its speech,&rdquo; Pace wrote, per <a href=\"https:\/\/abcnews.go.com\/Business\/wireStory\/white-house-punish-ap-reporters-gulf-naming-dispute-118760471\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">ABC News<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;It is among the most basic tenets of the First Amendment that the government cannot retaliate against the public or the press for what they say,&rdquo; she continued.<\/p>\n<p>There are other outlets, like The Washington Post and The New York Times, that will similarly continue saying &ldquo;Gulf of Mexico&rdquo; while noting that Trump made the name change.<\/p>\n<p>But the style guide published by the Associated Press is highly influential, which may be why the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/karoline-leavitt-delivers-crushing-news-politico-press-briefing-taxpayer-subsidization-ends-now\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">White House<\/a> is making sure that particular outlet understands the new approach toward the media.<\/p>\n<p>In any case, we are seeing the Associated Press try to toe the line and simply losing anyway.<\/p>\n<div style=\"position: relative;\">\n<div class=\"ff-fancy-header-container\"> \t\t\t \t<\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-submit-correction inner-content\">\n<div class=\"correction-form\">\n<form style=\"display: none;\">\n<div class=\"sc-name-field\"> \t\t\t\t\t\t<label>* Name<\/label> \t\t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"text\" name=\"name\" required> \t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"sc--field\"> \t\t\t\t\t\t<label>* <\/label> \t\t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"text\" name=\"\" required> \t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<p> \t\t\t\t\t<label>* Message<\/label> \t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t<textarea name=\"message\" required><\/textarea> \t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"required-message\" style=\"display: none; padding-bottom: 15px;\">* All fields are required.<\/div>\n<p> \t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"submit\" value=\"Submit\" onclick=\"event.preventDefault(); firefly_sc();\"> \t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"firefly-sc-confirm\" style=\"display: none;\">Success!<\/div>\n<\/p><\/form>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p> \t\t<script> \t\t\tfunction firefly_sc() { \t\t\t\tif( typeof window.captchaPublicKey==typeof undefined ){ \t\t\t\t\tconsole.error('window.captchaPublicKey is not defined'); \t\t\t\t} \t\t\t\tgrecaptcha.execute( window.captchaPublicKey, { action: 'submit_correction' } ).then( function( token ) { \t\t\t\t\tvar opts={ \t\t\t\t\t\taction:    'firefly_sc_submit', \t\t\t\t\t\tname:      document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"name\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\t:     document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\tmessage:   document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"message\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\tpost_id:   firefly_post_id, \t\t\t\t\t\tcap_token: token \t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\tvar inputs=[ 'name', '', 'message' ];  \t\t\t\t\tfor( var i=0; i <inputs.length; i++ ) if( ! 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Despite this, the AP has persisted in using the old name, even after official recognition from government sources and mapping services like Google and Apple. An unnamed reporter was denied entry that afternoon, while another was barred from a White House event later that evening. The Associated Press argued that this unusual ban could have implications for free speech rights. White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt defended the decision, stating it aimed to hold media accountable for misinformation. Julie Pace, an executive at AP, expressed concern over potential retaliation against press freedom in a letter to Chief of Staff Susie Wiles. Other news outlets like The Washington Post and The New York Times will continue using &#8220;Gulf of Mexico,&#8221; but AP&#8217;s style guide holds significant influence, prompting heightened scrutiny from the White House regarding their reporting practices<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2402245,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/AP-on-Gulf-of-America.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[50326,48062,36489,44313,35056],"class_list":["post-2402244","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-associated-press","tag-gulf-of-america","tag-journalism-ethics","tag-media-policy","tag-oval-office"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/AP-on-Gulf-of-America.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2402244","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2402244"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2402244\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2402253,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2402244\/revisions\/2402253"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2402245"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2402244"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2402244"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2402244"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}