Today we see hair-pulling and gnashing of teeth in the press over a move made by Donald Trump. Yes, yes – again. This time it involves a decision made at the White House regarding press access, and judging by the reaction, you would think the president had gone over to the National Archives and taken a Zippo to the Bill of Rights. Sure, the reason was petty, and the action taken was snarky – yet the press reacted like a teenager whose X Box was just pitched into a smelter.
This all stems from Trump’s effort to make the cartography alteration of “The Gulf of America.” The Associated Press is taking a stance against using this new designation, as the news syndicate prides itself on being the official arbiter of the journalistic lexicon. As a result of being obstinate on the issue, the White House declared yesterday that AP correspondents would not…
