{"id":2405933,"date":"2025-02-24T09:39:01","date_gmt":"2025-02-24T14:39:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/unexpected-fox-news-newsmax-side-with-ap-and-against-trump-on-wh-ban\/"},"modified":"2025-02-24T09:42:57","modified_gmt":"2025-02-24T14:42:57","slug":"unexpected-fox-news-newsmax-side-with-ap-and-against-trump-on-wh-ban","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/unexpected-fox-news-newsmax-side-with-ap-and-against-trump-on-wh-ban\/","title":{"rendered":"Unexpected: Fox News, Newsmax Side with AP and Against Trump on WH Ban"},"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\">26<\/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%2Funexpected-fox-news-newsmax-side-with-ap-and-against-trump-on-wh-ban%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=2405933&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>on February \u200d17, \u2063various news outlets \u200durged the White House to allow the \u200dAssociated Press (AP) to attend press events\u200c after the\u200b AP\u200b continued to refer to the \u200bGulf of Mexico by its official name,\u2064 despite\u200d President trump&#8217;s executive\u2062 order changing it \u200cto the \u200b&#8221;Gulf of America.&#8221; This led to \u2062a ban on \u200cAP reporters from official\u2064 events. \u200bA \u2063letter organized by the White House Correspondents\u2019 Association,signed by \u206440 media outlets\u2014including both liberal and conservative publications\u2014highlighted the First Amendment&#8217;s protection of journalistic freedom and \u2063condemned\u200c any \u2064government\u200d attempts to control editorial decisions.\u2062 Despite\u2062 the political tensions, outlets like Fox News and Newsmax joined the\u200d call \u2064for press freedom, understanding the potential repercussions\u200c of government overreach on journalism. The controversy illustrates ongoing\u2063 conflicts between <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/rupert-murdoch-out-as-chairman-of-fox-and-news-corps-will-take-new-position\/\" title=\"Rupert Murdoch steps down as Fox and News Corps. Chairman, assumes new role.\">media \u2064organizations<\/a> \u200cand governmental policies, with past administrations \u2064also facing \u200dscrutiny for restricting press access.  <\/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>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 &ldquo;Gulf of Mexico.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>The Associated Press has continued to use the &ldquo;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/anti-trump-journalists-get-uncomfortable-news-top-style-guide-changed-renaming-mt-mckinley-gulf-america\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Gulf of Mexico<\/a>&rdquo; terminology in reports even after President Donald Trump signed an executive order formally changing the name.<\/p>\n<p>As a result, its reporters have been barred from official events.<\/p>\n<p>But a letter signed by 40 outlets and organized by the White House Correspondents&rsquo; Association implored the White House to lift the ban, according to&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2025\/02\/20\/business\/media\/ap-white-house-ban-cnn-fox.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The New York Times<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;The First Amendment prohibits the government from asserting control over how <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\">news organizations make editorial decisions<\/a>,&rdquo; the document said.<\/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>&ldquo;Any attempt to punish journalists for those decisions is a serious breach of this constitutional protection.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Liberal media outlets like The New York Times, NBC, The Wall Street Journal, CNN, and The Washington Post signed the letter.<\/p>\n<p>But interestingly, so did <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-comms-team-gets-a-pass-where-trump-administration-would-have-had-a-scandal\/\" title=\"Biden Comms Team Gets A Pass Where ... Would Have Had A Scandal\">conservative outlets<\/a> like Fox News and Newsmax.<\/p>\n<p>The latter outlet said in a statement to the Times that it wants the Associated Press to have freedom to use the language it desires.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;We can understand President Trump&rsquo;s frustration because the media has often been unfair to him, but Newsmax still supports The AP&rsquo;s right, as a private organization, to use the language it wants to use in its reporting,&rdquo; a Newsmax spokesman said in a statement.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;We fear a future administration may not like something Newsmax writes and seek to ban us,&rdquo; the spokesman added.<\/p>\n<p>One can understand where Newsmax is coming from.<\/p>\n<p>It&rsquo;s true, after all, that future administrations could penalize <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/just-took-fake-news-reporters-soul-watch-trump-economist-shred-reporters-anti-doge-question-7-seconds-flat\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">news<\/a> outlets and restrict their freedom of speech.<\/p>\n<p>But recent administrations, and in some cases very recent administrations, have already crossed that bridge.<\/p>\n<p>The Biden administration revoked over 440 media credentials, representing more than 30 percent of the total reporters with &ldquo;hard passes&rdquo; to cover White House events, per the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.heritage.org\/conservatism\/heritage-explains\/why-the-biden-white-house-kicking-reporters-out\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Heritage Foundation<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Trump nevertheless moved swiftly to restore the passes within days of his return to office.<\/p>\n<p>That came despite the media waging a decade-long war against Trump, his agenda, and his character, to the point that several are having to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/mark-zuckerbergs-meta-agrees-pay-trump-huge-settlement-censorship-lawsuit\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">pay<\/a> him massive <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/first-trump-doubled-suit-20-billion-now\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">settlements<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>In other words, the Trump administration is trying to balance respecting free speech with keeping vicious behavior from the media at bay.<\/p>\n<p>It&rsquo;s not an easy task.<\/p>\n<p>But expecting that outlets use the official names for national landmarks and geographical locations, rather than using their old names simply because they do not like Trump, is a relatively simple request.<\/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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Consequently, AP reporters have been excluded from official events. A letter organized by the White House Correspondents&#8217; Association and signed by 40 outlets urged the White House to lift this ban, stating that &#8220;the First Amendment prohibits government control over editorial decisions.&#8221; Notably, both liberal and conservative media outlets, including The New York Times and Fox News, supported this appeal. Newsmax expressed understanding of Trump&#8217;s frustration but emphasized AP&#8217;s right to choose its language in reporting. They warned that future administrations might retaliate against media they disapprove of. While it&#8217;s true that past administrations have restricted press freedoms\u2014like Biden revoking over 440 media credentials\u2014the Trump administration sought to balance free speech with addressing aggressive media behavior. Expecting news outlets to use official names for national landmarks is a reasonable request amidst these tensions<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2405934,"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\/Gulf-of-America-Feud.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33651],"tags":[50842,32135,16322,3634,50962],"class_list":["post-2405933","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-western-journal","tag-ap-2","tag-fox-news","tag-newsmax","tag-trump","tag-wh-ban"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Gulf-of-America-Feud.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2405933","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=2405933"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2405933\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2405937,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2405933\/revisions\/2405937"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2405934"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2405933"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2405933"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2405933"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}