Nine Months Later, Is Still the "gulf of Mexico" to News Outlets
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The article discusses how news outlets continue to refer to the 'Gulf of Mexico' despite Trump's attempt to rename it 'Gulf of America', sparking a discussion on the politicization of geography and media freedom.
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Is he asleep at the wheel, or how did he miss this opportunity?
All time highs!
"Gulf of North America" would make more sense, because most people regard (just) "America" as synonymous with "USA". Though that name would perhaps be more appropriate for the Hudson Bay, which is farther north.
I visited Germany a few years ago and I can confirm that they called me “The American” and referred to the US as America. My colleagues explanation was “There’s Romanians, from Romania. There’s Hungarians from Hungary. There’s Americans from America.” I laughed a bit when he said it.
It looks interesting for me and not specially politically oriented or "partisan" but a fun fact with stats.
Maybe I'm missing something, but I have the feeling that it was flagged unfairly to mask the disturbing reality shown by numbers.
"The dead cat strategy is a kind of misdirection where somebody will say something so ridiculous or do something so outlandish that it takes your attention away from where they don't want you to look. ..."
1 minute summary: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U3NvncA_oh0
Isn’t more people concerned with how much Trump thinks its fine to poke around with the freedom of press?