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.”
That’s my read on it. If the AP (and later Reuters and the other major news sources) are banned, it harms the legitimacy of Fox et. al.'s propaganda.
I also feel AP and Reuters are the ones doing actual work, and Fox just copies them.
How often do you see 'AP is reporting… ’ and ‘Photo by AP’ ?
Yeah, that was the first thing that came to my mind. AP does legit work, they are well respected and well cited on both sides.
Fox: “We need to ensure AP doesn’t get banned. If they do, we might have to hire a couple journalists so we have content”