Associated Press Loses Its First Court Battle With the Trump White House
The Associated Press’ war with the Trump White House suffered its first loss when a judge declined to restore its Oval Office and Air Force One access. This legal scuffle is in no way over, but for now, the AP and their fake news reporters are barred from certain events at the White House. Still, the judge’s opinion also carried a warning that the White House was skating on thin ice (via NYT):
Court ruling lets White House ban on the Associated Press continue, for now
A federal judge has rejected the Associated Press' plea that President Trump immediately let its reporters resume covering major events at the White House, on Air Force One and elsewhere.
In denying the AP's request for a temporary restraining order, however, U.S. District Court Judge Trevor McFadden ordered an expedited consideration of its lawsuit. The AP is seeking to overturn the ban altogether; the judge set a court hearing for March 20, at which he will consider the motion.
McFadden, a Trump appointee, found that...
Scoop: Why Trump targets AP
One of the big reasons President Trump is limiting AP reporters' White House access is to protest what aides see as years of liberal word choices that the wire service's influential stylebook spread across mainstream media, according to top White House officials.
White House Blocks Reporter From Oval Office Over ‘Gulf Of America’ Battle, AP Says
The White House blocked an Associated Press reporter from entering the Oval Office on Tuesday over the AP’s refusal to use “Gulf of America,” the Associated Press said in a statement on Tuesday evening.
Leavitt defends banning AP from Oval Office over ‘Gulf of America’ stance
White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt defended a decision by the White House on Tuesday to keep The Associated Press out of the pool of reporters allowed inside the Oval Office to cover an executive order signing with President Trump and billionaire Elon Musk.
“We reserve the right to decide who gets to go into the Oval Office,” Leavitt said during a briefing with reporters on Wednesday when asked about the move, calling it a “privilege to cover the White House.”
Trump White House bars Associated Press reporter for a second day. AP signals legal action
Out with the oldspeak. In with President Trump’s newspeak — or else.
That’s the apparent message as the Trump White House tries to punish a preeminent news outlet for its editorial decision-making.
On Tuesday the White House broke with decades of precedent and blocked Associated Press reporters from attending two of President Trump’s media availabilities. The AP said it was blocked because it hasn’t changed its stylebook entry for Gulf of Mexico to “Gulf of America.”
WH Bars AP Reporter as Group Won't Cite Gulf of America
The White House blocked an Associated Press reporter from an event in the Oval Office on Tuesday after demanding the news agency alter its style on the Gulf of Mexico, which was renamed Gulf of America after an executive order by President Donald Trump. The reporter tried to enter the White House event Tuesday afternoon and was turned away, AP executives said. The ban, which Trump officials threatened earlier Tuesday unless the AP changed the style on the Gulf, could have First Amendment implications. Julie Pace, senior vice president and...
Associated Press, The Guardian Bias Ratings Moved from Lean Left to Left
AP yanks fact-check on raunchy but false claims that JD Vance had an amorous encounter with a sofa
The Associated Press retracted a fact-checking article about droll internet rumors that Sen. JD Vance, R-Ohio, former President Donald Trump's running mate, had sex with a couch during his college days. To rebut the false claims, AP had conducted a comprehensive search of Vance's memoir, "Hillbilly Elegy," for any mentions of couch coitus — it found none — but by Thursday morning the story had been pulled.
In a statement to Salon, an AP spokesperson confirmed that the article had been retracted.
Oops, Trump and X did a copyright infringement
A “Trump2024” banner labeled “Promoted by Team Trump” sat atop the What’s Happening summary on X, the platform formerly known as Twitter, during the fourth and final night of the Republican National Convention on Thursday.
While the #Trump2024 hashtag temporarily showed the American flag, and clicking it caused an animated “hashfetti” effect with flags raining down, it was the icon attached to the number one trending #MAGA topic that caught our eyes.