[ [link removed] ]Sign the petition to kick Fox host Maria Bartiromo off NYU's Board of
Trustees.
Dear fellow MoveOn member,
My name is Rachel Ackoff. I earned dual master's degrees from NYU Wagner
and the NYU Graduate School of Arts and Sciences and value being able to
apply this knowledge to my professional career. I am deeply disturbed,
however, that right-wing conspiracy theorist and Fox host Maria Bartiromo
is on NYU’s Board of Trustees, because she lacks the ethics needed for
such an important role.
Bartiromo texted White House chief of staff Mark Meadows questions ahead
of her interview with Trump in November 2020.^1 She was a key pipeline for
Steve Bannon and Rudy Giuliani to spread conspiracy theories against
Democrats and voting integrity.^2 And she helped disgraced propagandist
Sidney Powell spread the false idea that there were "voting
irregularities."^3
A threat to democracy has no place on the NYU board. Sign my petition
asking William R. Berkley, chairman of the Board of Trustees for NYU, to
remove Maria Bartiromo.
[2]Sign Rachel's petition
I believe our safety is bound up in each other, and I’m worried about our
country edging toward fascism, where lies can be spread to millions of
people with no accountability—like when Maria Bartiromo told millions of
people the 2020 election was "disgusting" and that the system itself was
"corrupted."^4
Bartiromo’s actions during and after the 2020 election were so unethical
that she is named as a defendant in the voting election technology company
Smartmatic's $2.7 billion defamation case against Fox News because she was
part of a "conspiracy to spread disinformation."^5 Bartiromo was even
going to be called as a witness in the defamation case Dominion voting
systems brought against Fox News, but it was settled for $787 million
right before the trial was set to begin.^6
We cannot pretend like Bartiromo's actions are anything but a deliberate
attempt to sow hate, division, and distrust in America while boosting her
own conservative media profile.
[ [link removed] ]Sign the petition to demand Maria Bartiromo's removal from NYU's Board
of Trustees, and then pass it along to your friends and family.
Thank you,
Rachel Ackoff '14, MPA/MA
NYU Wagner Graduate School of Public Service and NYU Graduate School of
Arts and Sciences
Sources:
1. "CNN Exclusive: New text messages reveal Fox's Hannity advising Trump
White House and seeking direction," CNN, April 30, 2023
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2. "Fox News Internal Texts And Emails Show Network's Scramble In
Aftermath Of 2020 Election And January 6th: 'Maybe Sean And Laura Went Too
Far,' Rupert Murdoch Wrote," Deadline, March 7, 2023
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3. "What Fox News hosts allegedly said privately versus on-air about false
election fraud claims," ABC News, April 24, 2023
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4. "Fox News' Maria Bartiromo gave Trump his first TV interview since the
election. It was filled with lies," CNN, November 29, 2020
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5. "Why Fox News' Next Defamation Suit—From Smartmatic—Might Require
Another 'Big Check' To Settle," Forbes, April 19, 2023
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6. "Carlson, Hannity, and Bartiromo Among Those Set to Testify at Fox
Defamation Trial," Daily Beast, April 4, 2023
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