AP Uses History to Try Weaseling Out of Using 'Gulf of America' and Sharyl Attkisson Just Fact-NUKES Them
http://twitchy.com/samj/2025/02/16/ap-claims-it-sticks-to-historical-names-sharyl-attkisson-n2408419
Watching the AP spin and then spin some more trying to justify their refusal to call the Gulf of America just that has been extremely entertaining. Oh, they used to annoy us with this crap, but now that we see they're not doing themselves any favors, we can sit back, point, and laugh.
The poor lil' babies at The AP are having a good, old fashioned temper tantrum because the Trump Administration is not giving them a prime, front-row seat to White House press conferences. Awww!
They're so distraught that they feel the desperate need to explain themselves ... and all they end up doing is make things worse by proving they are hypocrites.
PoliticsVideoChannel (@politvidchannel) ~ BREAKING: The Associated Press has announced it will continue using "Gulf of Mexico" despite Trump’s executive order renaming it "Gulf of America."
"The Gulf of Mexico has carried that name for more than 400 years. The Associated Press will refer to it by its original name."
Sharyl Attkisson (@SharylAttkisson) ~ That's so weird that AP implies it sticks by historical names when it's done exactly the opposite for the past 10 yrs virtually every other time it has come up. Historically?
* It's "Ft. Benning," but AP adopted Ft. Moore.
* It's "The Washington Redskins," but AP didn't stick by that when the name was changed to "Commanders."
* It's "illegal immigrant/alien," but AP says not to use those terms.
* It's "a baby boy" or "a baby girl," but AP uses the inaccurate phrase: "sex assigned at birth."
* It's "he" for a male, but AP says that can now be "she" or "they" if somebody so chooses.
* It's "committed suicide," but AP weirdly says to avoid that phrase.
* It's "homeless," but AP changed it to "people experiencing homelessness."
The fact is, many of us know that AP was hijacked by special interests years ago. They understood that when they can gain control of key sources of information, it impacts a wide range of the population; in this case, almost all of the media who continue to blindly and without thought follow AP style, ignorant to the notion that it's become a propaganda tool.
On my TV show, Full Measure, where I'm managing editor, we have no problem with those we interview using terms of propaganda and advocacy, but as for ourselves, when reporting the news, we strive to use language that is journalistic and accurate.
Yeah, the Associated Press is only a stickler about using "original names" when it serves the purposes of its fellow libtards. THAT is the true criteria ... it's all political. So, AP ... if you want to play politically hypocritical games, fine ... just do it a little afar from the Trump Administration. It's not like you're going to be objective about the Trump Administration, anyway.
So we guess the AP only sticks with historical names if a Republican wants to change something (or, you know, change something back).
They just keep making Trump's point for him, over and over again.
The essential American soul is hard, isolate, stoic, and a killer. It has never yet melted. ~ D.H. Lawrence
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