One thing plaguing American media is a sizable portion of editors at prestigious outlets think a bad piece with a bad argument that gets a lot of criticism is a good thing.
It’s getting attention!
It shows the publication isn’t biased!
Publishing bad work that’s poorly received makes them proud.
It’s getting attention!
It shows the publication isn’t biased!
Publishing bad work that’s poorly received makes them proud.
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https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2025/02/gulf-america-mexico-defeat/681682/?gift=Dqt990Gip9xgHVq8bouRVSgTMTDJUreZ_fcOAGDCyZM&utm_source=copy-link&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=share
Article says a law gives POTUS power to rename "Foreign geographic names", but no such law exists.
Instead, there's a 1947 law that authorizes the Board on Geographical Names (BGN) to "standardize" "Federal" naming of geography.
People can read the source document themselves: https://www.everycrsreport.com/reports/IF12881.html
NYT has led the way.
just saying
Famous last words. https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2025/02/trump-gulf-renaming-order/681704/
It is sand washing the decision to hit AP news over 1st amendment protected speech.
and if you throw your judgement completely out the window like these folks do maybe you shouldn't be trying to do journalism at all
https://bsky.app/profile/giladedelman.bsky.social/post/3lhpiucor6225
But that kind of defines modern political reporting and punditry.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/McNamara_fallacy
APs style guide is reasonable, and within their right to maintain as they see fit
The Problem is the WH response: overt bullying and censure, which shows up the bullying present in the change itself
Fuck em
And just as it was true that Twitter is not the real world, neither is BlueSky.
(Also AP is in fact calling it Mt. McKinley. So they have caved on that one.)
Average Americans see this move for what it is, cynical, petty and foolish.
https://nymag.com/intelligencer/article/trump-gulf-of-mexico-gulf-of-america.html
Where would they go at that $ level?
@ap.brid.gy
to allow Mastodon/fediverse accounts to follow you!
but that was also a fallows joint.
It also opens the doors to lazy, sloppy work like this piece.
https://bsky.app/profile/jennvg.bsky.social/post/3liad2uwix225