The University of Alabama at Birmingham is rolling over to Trump and his acolytes in the state, rather than stand up for editorial independence.
The Alabama legislature passed a bill in late March requiring all state and local entities to refer to the Gulf of Mexico as the “Gulf of America,” in line with one of the many executive orders Trump signed on his first day in office. The legislation does not set forth penalties for noncompliance, but its sponsor, state Rep. David Standridge, called it “an opportunity to make a patriotic statement” on the House floor in January. Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey, a Trump ally, signed the bill into law.
Birmingham public radio station WBHM told its listeners in a letter from Will Dahlberg, the station’s executive director and general manager, that due to the law, which took effect October 1, the University of Alabama at Birmingham is forcing it to use the legislature’s preferred language in its reporting.
I hope South America references this in an episode.
They should engage in malicious compliance. Everything with a name is called “America.”
America Street America Blvd America Ct Every building they reference on campus is America Building, America Hall, etc. Reporters have their first and last names randomly changed to America They are the University of America at Birmingham, home of the fighting Americans.
Do it so much that all names become patriotically meaningless
Okay. Now what are they doing to improve education, healthcare, and infrastructure? Alabama ranks near the lowest of all 50 states in all 3 metrics
What are they doing to reduce poverty, crime, and corruption?
Gulf of America is a pointless distraction to keep us from discussing the real issues that they aren’t fixing
I guess I’m forced to talk shit on the university of Alabama at Birmingham.
Been there before. All of them are inbred and have no spine. Nobody cares about them and their Mom’s all have severe hemorrhoids from using entire hardcover books to wipe their asses.
Why don’t they just pull an Andrew? Like “The pedophile formerly known as prince”.
“The gulf formerly known as the Gulf of Mexico”. Can’t fault them for that.
