The Associated Press claims it won a “major victory” in its lawsuit against the White House, but you would think a wire service that says it provides “accurate, unbiased news” would be a little more accurate in its reporting. Federal district court Judge Trevor McFadden issued a preliminary injunction in AP’s favor, but the decision is much narrower than what AP portrays.
The lawsuit, Associated Press v. Taylor Budowich (deputy chief of staff at the White House), was filed after the White House “sharply curtailed AP’s access to coveted, tightly controlled media events with the President.”
AP claimed the government violated the First Amendment by excluding it “because of its viewpoint” and, specifically, its refusal to use the term “Gulf of America” in its reporting.
Judge McFadden agreed with AP but went to great lengths to explain the…
