No TV news anchors or reporters used the term “Gulf of Mexico” – at least not on purpose – while covering the safe splashdown of long-stranded NASA astronauts, a review of transcripts ...

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Networks avoided using the terms “Gulf of Mexico” and “Gulf of America,” and instead referred to the “Gulf.” “It seems to me they were trying to skirt around the issue,” Miller said.