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Feb 15, 2025 The White House barred the Associated Press from executive spaces over its refusal to use Gulf of America Tier 1 · Primary Information, Memory and Manipulation
The ban punished a news outlet for editorial independence and used access control to pressure press language.
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- AP barred from covering White House — The Associated Press has been barred indefinitely from covering the White House and other executive branch briefing rooms due to its refusal to refer to the Gulf of Mexico as the Gulf of America.
- Ban on Associated Press journalists from Oval Office and Air Force One — The Trump administration has banned Associated Press journalists from the Oval Office and Air Force One after the news agency refused to comply with an executive order to rename the Gulf of Mexico as the "Gulf of
- White House bans Associated Press over naming dispute — The White House has banned the Associated Press from covering its events due to the news outlet's refusal to change its stylebook entry from "Gulf of Mexico" to "Gulf of America." This punitive measure reflects Trump's
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Week 5 – 2025-02-15–2025-02-21
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