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‘Troubling Escalation’: AP Says Trump White House Again Barred Reporter As Punishment For Editorial Decision Over Gulf Of Mexico
The Associated Press said that a reporter was barred from attending a press conference between Donald Trump and India’s prime minister Narendra Modi, the third day that the White House has targeted the news organization for declining to rename the Gulf of Mexico as the Gulf of America. Unlike the past two days, when AP’s […]
Unlike the past two days, when AP’s reporter was restricted from smaller events in the Oval Office, the news organization said that today the prohibition was on access to the press conference, which is typically open to all credential media. Julie Pace, the executive editor of the AP, said, “The decision by the White House to block an AP reporter from an open press conference with President Trump and Prime Minister Modi is a deeply troubling escalation of the administration’s continued efforts to punish The Associated Press for its editorial decisions. Trump has touted his administration as one that is restoring free speech, but he’s waged attacks on the news media, via litigation and, in the case of his appointed chairman to the FCC, investigation.
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