US EditionLester Holt, David Muir & Other TV News Anchors Avoid Saying ‘Gulf of Mexico’ During Astronaut Splashdown
- TV news anchors avoided saying 'Gulf of Mexico' during a recent astronaut splashdown, influenced by President Donald Trump's name change proposal.
- Former CNN media reporter Oliver Darcy noted that networks referred to it as 'Gulf of America' instead of its historical name.
- Tom Costello from NBC News apologized for saying 'Gulf of Mexico' during his report.
- Darcy stated that media outlets chose not to use the term 'Gulf of Mexico', indicating a submission to government pressure.
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TV News Orgs Avoid Saying 'Gulf of Mexico' During Astronaut Splashdown, Transcript Review Shows
No TV news anchors or reporters used the term “Gulf of Mexico” – at least not on purpose – while covering the safe splashdown of long-stranded NASA astronauts, a review of transcripts from TV news organizations shows. Former CNN media reporter Oliver Darcy pointed out the uniform omission in the Sunday edition of his newsletter Status. “Not one of the outlets could muster the courage to simply refer to it as the Gulf of Mexico, the water feature…
Oliver Darcy Is MAD Outlets Aren’t Like AP Fighting Trump Team on Gulf of America Name
Former CNN senior media reporter Oliver Darcy suggested Sunday on his newsletter site Status American democracy was teetering and a descent into authoritarianism was afoot. Even though his unhinged outlook on life appears permanent, this new reason was legacy media outlets having refused to join the Associated Press in using “Gulf of Mexico” instead of Gulf of America (and instead vague uses of “the gulf”) to avoid the Trump White House’s ire. T…
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