The White House announced Wednesday that “They will demand accounts” to journalists who “spread lies” After the American news agency The Associated Press (AP) denounced that one of its reporters was vetoed from the Oval Office for using the name of Gulf of Mexico instead of Gulf of America. “If we see that the media in this room spread lies we will demand accounts and it is a fact that the mass of water that is in front of the coast of Louisiana is called the Gulf of America,” said the spokeswoman for the White House, Karoline Leavitt.
In this sense, he has questioned that there are media that do not use that denomination if companies like Apple or Google already recognize it. “We reserve the right to decide who enters the Oval Office,” he said. Asked if these types of measures can sit a “precedent” and where is the first amendmenthe has reiterated that “nobody has the right to ask the president questions, but is an” invitation “that is received and is a” privilege “that you have.
Shortly before, the White House spokeswoman has stressed that “Freedom of expression and the end of censorship”, Both in the United States and abroad, they are an “important part” of the conservative agenda of President Donald Trump.
This occurs after the executive editor of AP, Julie Pace, denounced on the eve that the White House had asked the media “Align your editorial standards with the Executive Order“Trump that renamed the Gulf of Mexico. “It is alarming that the Trump administration punishes AP for its independent journalism. Limit our access to the oval office depending on the content of AP speech not only seriously prevents public access to independent news, but also that clearly violates the first amendment“, says the text.
Pace recalled that the agency’s orientation regarding the Gulf of Mexico, published on January 23, points out that Trump’s order only has authority within the United Stateswhile Mexico, other countries and international organizations, do not have the obligation to recognize the change of name.
The NGO Amnesty International has stressed that “denying access to the press for disagreements in coverage It is a usual practice of repressive governments“, and stressed that” journalists are fundamental to promote transparency and human rights. “
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