Washington, February 13 (RHC)-- The White House blocked a journalist with the Associated Press from covering Trump’s signing of a new executive order Tuesday, after AP refused to refer to the Gulf of Mexico as the “Gulf of America.” 

AP’s senior vice president and executive editor, Julie Pace, said in a statement: “Limiting our access to the Oval Office based on the content of AP’s speech not only severely impedes the public’s access to independent news, it plainly violates the First Amendment.” 

AP’s style book is used by journalists and other institutions worldwide. The U.S. Geological Service has officially adopted “Gulf of America” — as have Apple and Google Maps when searched by users in the U.S., caving to Trump’s executive order signed on his first day in office.

[ SOURCE:  DEMOCRACY NOW ]