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Arrr! White House shooed the scribe from the captain's quarters over the squabble o' the Gulf o' America!

2025-02-13

Arrr, me hearties! The White House be turnin' away an Associated Press scallywag from the Oval Office, 'cause they wouldn't call it the “Gulf of America”! Aye, the AP be writin' rules that even landlubbers follow, like how to talk 'bout the fine art of transformin' the young!

Ahoy, mateys! Gather 'round as I regale ye with a tale from the grand halls of the White House, where news be as stormy as the seven seas! On a fine Tuesday, an Associated Press scribe found himself thwarted at the gates of the Oval Office, denied entry like a scallywag at a posh ball! Why, ye ask? 'Twas the AP's stubbornness to call the waters “Gulf of America” instead of the name the powers that be desired! A mighty clash over words, I tell ye!

This be no ordinary scuffle, for the AP be guidin' many a newsroom with its treasured stylebook, a tome as revered as a pirate’s chest of gold! They decree what befit for the masses, like how to speak of “gender-affirming care” when chattin’ about the young scallywags and their transformations. Aye, they be treadin’ on treacherous waters, for the world be divided on such matters!

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