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Fox News and Newsmax sign letter urging Trump to rescind ban on the AP (www.huffpost.com)

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cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/25879017

Summary

Fox News and Newsmax joined 40 news organizations in signing a letter urging the Trump administration to lift its ban on the Associated Press (AP) from White House events.

The ban stems from AP's refusal to adopt the term "Gulf of America" instead of "Gulf of Mexico," following a Trump executive order.

Newsmax defended AP’s First Amendment rights despite ideological differences.

The White House Correspondents’ Association and the Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press also protested the ban, but Trump remains firm, calling AP a "radical left organization."

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[–] [email protected] 30 points 20 hours ago (1 children)

It's also probably because a lot of news sites just spin and regurgitate AP news for content and now they're hurting.

[–] [email protected] 17 points 18 hours ago

Which, to be clear, is the point of the AP. It's a wire service, and exists to write stories it provides to other outlets, since many don't have the ability to provide basic coverage of events far away.

[–] [email protected] 14 points 18 hours ago

“Turns out we don’t know how to do actual reporting” - Newsmax and Fox