Unexpected: Fox News, Newsmax Side with AP and Against Trump on WH Ban

The Western Journal ^ | February 24, 2025 | Ben Zeisloft

[Carl Vehse]

Various news outlets asked the White House on Feb. 17 to allow the Associated Press to once more attend press events despite its insistence on referring to the Gulf of America as the “Gulf of Mexico”....

But a letter signed by 40 outlets and organized by the White House Correspondents’ Association implored the White House to lift the ban, according to The New York Times....

Liberal media outlets like The New York Times, NBC, The Wall Street Journal, CNN, and The Washington Post signed the letter.

But interestingly, so did conservative outlets like Fox News and Newsmax.

[Carl Vehse]

Th true colors of Fox News and Newsmax are showing.

[aynrandfreak]

Suggestion noted.

[wildcard_redneck]

Too bad. The AP has no right to White House access.

[fwdude]

Trump should double down and rename it the Gulf of Robert E. Lee.

[Codeflier]

I think it is about being on record supporting AP for when a Democrat is elected and does a “payback” banning.

[V_TWIN]

“organized by the White House Correspondents’ Association”

If you don’t know what that is I’ll let you in on it.....it’s a corrupt organization that sells access to the Whitehouse press room......I wouldn’t doubt if this whole story is bogus if they’re involved.

[Resolute Conservative]

Fox and Newsmax are not conservative, they are left of center.

[metmom]

Fine. People will turn to alternative news sources to find the news.

Great job killing yourself off and making yourself totally irrelevant.

[Vaduz]

Dots connected

[bert]

Tempestea teapottious

[DesertRhino]

Fox and Newsmax are establishment Republican… not conservatives.

[stanne]

They’ll find out this was a mistake

[Resolute Conservative]

No press does. They can all stand outside in the rain and let Trump address them from the balcony. Stop hauling them around on AF1. They can fly commercial or corporate, they can afford it.

[Bernard]

Well, both networks have people who say and do stupid things, so it's possible that somebody might say or do something stupid and get banned.

BUT, does AP have any actual employees go to the White House, or some stringer on a 1099?

[DIRTYSECRET]

**Suggestion noted.**

Very good but I don’t think anybody cares.

[juggernaut]

For Newsmax apparently, staying in the good graces of the ‘Whitehouse Correspondents Association, is the most important thing. Hope this story is false.

[Opinionated Blowhard]

I hope they get some comfort on standing on “principle” because the MSM is not going to return the favor the next time some Dem administration bans them.

[healy61]

WHCA where one courtier entertaining the mob said, “I was surprised that Donald Trump was running for president, because I thought he was running as a joke.” That WHCA organization?

[adorno]

Fox News, Newsmax Side with AP and Against Trump on WH Ban

Though I don't subscribe to what the AP stands for, and though I believe they're hugely biased towards the left, I support freedom of speech and freedom of the press a lot more.

It's unbearable, but, let them in. People should be smart enough to be able to detect the detestable views of the AP>

[Georgia Girl 2]

Their true colors show all the time. 🙄