Brian Stelter: I Expect the AP Will Probably Go to Court to Challenge the W.H. Ban

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STELTER: "On Tuesday, we wondered if this was a one-time thing, a one-off, but it wasn‘t. This is now a standoff between the AP and the Trump White House. It‘s something the AP didn‘t ask for. It‘s just trying to report the news for a global audience. And because the AP broadcasts and writes around the world, it has to acknowledge that other countries don‘t call it the Gulf of America. So they‘re sticking with the Gulf of Mexico while also acknowledging Trump‘s executive order. We‘re going to see other global news outlets take the same position, and that could could cause further standoffs with the Trump White House. But for now, it‘s the AP in the crosshairs. And here's what executive editor Julie Pace said last night when the AP was blocked, not just from a Oval Office photo op, but from a presidential news conference. Pace saying, 'It‘s a plain violation of the First Amendment, and we urge the Trump Administration in the strongest terms to stop this practice.' She has described this as viewpoint discrimination, punishing a news outlet for its editorial choices. And that foreshadows a legal challenge. I expect the AP will probably go to court to challenge this in the days to come."