White House blocks AP reporter over Gulf of Mexico reference

The White House blocked an Associated Press reporter from attending an event in the Oval Office. In a highly unusual move, the AP reporter was blocked after the White House demanded the news agency refer to the Gulf of Mexico as the Gulf of America in its widely used AP Stylebook. Last month, the global news agency said it would continue to call it the Gulf of Mexico to ensure that place names and geography are easily recognizable to its worldwide audiences. AP’s executive editor said “it is alarming that the Trump administration would punish AP for its independent journalism.”