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The secret outlawed photo and Trump’s petty but powerful war on the media
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The State Has a New Editorial Policy: Obey
Retaliation, Not Confusion
The Trump administration is not fumbling its way into conflicts with the press. It is deliberately making disobedience expensive. The White House excluded The Associated Press from presidential spaces after the wire service rejected Trump’s preferred name for the Gulf of Mexico. According to the reporting, aides also connected the ban to the AP’s refusal to surrender rights to a photograph Trump wanted.
That is not a disagreement over style or access. It is government retaliation tied to editorial…
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