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.
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
The results are in. You’re HIV Al-Adeen