We stand with the ASSOCIATED PRESS

Images of the Gulf of Mexico circulated this week on social media platforms in defiance of the order from the White House to rename it the Gulf of America. Shown here, a FaceBook post from France. Screenshot photo by Diane Joy Schmidt/All rights reserved/New Mexico Jewish Journal.

February 23, 2025

To our subscribers:

The New Mexico Jewish Journal stands in support of the Associated Press, which has been banned from covering events at the White House and from boarding Airforce One, because they chose not to change the name "Gulf of Mexico" to the "Gulf of America" in their reporting.

After the AP filed suit against staff at the White House on Friday, February 21st, the Society of Professional Journalists issued a statement signed by 40 journalist organizations in support of the AP, writing "When leaders try to silence reporters through intimidation, legal threats and denial of access, they are not protecting the country; they are protecting themselves from scrutiny. This is how authoritarian regimes operate — by crushing dissent, punishing those who expose inconvenient facts and replacing truth with propaganda."

The New Mexico Jewish Journal is a member of the Society of Professional Journalists, operates under their ethics guidelines, and stands with this statement.

Diane Joy Schmidt, Editor and Publisher

We received this informative letter from the Associated Press on Friday, Feb. 21st, which includes a link to their court filing: You will find the filing here.

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