Earlier this week, the White House tried to pressure the Associated Press into referring to the Gulf of Mexico as the “Gulf of America” in its coverage; the AP said the move “plainly violates the First Amendment,” noting that Donald Trump doesn’t have the authority to unilaterally rename the body of water.
Nieman Lab asked major newsrooms what language they’d use. Most are sticking with Gulf of Mexico, unlike tech companies.
Lawyers representing President Trump, former Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey, and what is now X moved to dismiss Trump’s pending case before the US Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals, reports Bloomberg.
He was appealing the dismissal of a lawsuit that accused Twitter, which is now owned by DOGE head Elon Musk, of violating the First Amendment when it banned his account in 2021.
President Donald Trump now claims that because of the network’s 60 Minutes interview with Kamala Harris, “significant viewership was improperly diverted to Defendants’ media platforms, resulting in lower consumer engagement, advertising revenues, and profits by TMTG and President Trump’s other media holdings.” reports Deadline.
The amended suit also doubles its damages claim to $20 billion. CBS parent company Paramount Global has reportedly been considering settling, rather than fighting, the lawsuit.
It got the facts right but the story wrong.
