The renaming is a political stunt perhaps . Using the style guide as a reason to exclude some press on other hand is not a political stunt at all. It is mecha

The renaming is a political stunt perhaps . Using the style guide as a reason to exclude some press on other hand is not a political stunt at all. It is mechanism to influence and control around the messaging of executive actions in the mainstream media[1] Organizations not complying would be excluded under another pretext sooner or later. AP is a non-profit and can take this stance, most other news media are for-profit and their first fiduciary responsibility is to their shareholders not their subscribers or employees, journalistic and ethical standards. That means none of them can afford to be excluded from the most happening news stories and access to the more valuable (I.e. clicks) personality in the world of this decade . [1] this is part of job of any PR department(public and private) and not a critique The government PR wing (press secretary, communications director etc) traditionally also needed to be transparent, accessible , unbiased and accountable. It seems US government no longer sees this as a core function of press relations