Sign the petition to tell NYU to remove election denier Maria Bartiromo from its Board of Trustees.

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.

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.

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
https://act.moveon.org/go/173133?t=5&akid=353095%2E40999114%2E-Ld7Lk

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
https://act.moveon.org/go/173134?t=7&akid=353095%2E40999114%2E-Ld7Lk

3. "What Fox News hosts allegedly said privately versus on-air about false election fraud claims," ABC News, April 24, 2023
https://act.moveon.org/go/173136?t=9&akid=353095%2E40999114%2E-Ld7Lk

4. "Fox News' Maria Bartiromo gave Trump his first TV interview since the election. It was filled with lies," CNN, November 29, 2020
https://act.moveon.org/go/173151?t=11&akid=353095%2E40999114%2E-Ld7Lk

5. "Why Fox News' Next Defamation Suit—From Smartmatic—Might Require Another 'Big Check' To Settle," Forbes, April 19, 2023
https://act.moveon.org/go/173137?t=13&akid=353095%2E40999114%2E-Ld7Lk

6. "Carlson, Hannity, and Bartiromo Among Those Set to Testify at Fox Defamation Trial," Daily Beast, April 4, 2023
https://act.moveon.org/go/173149?t=15&akid=353095%2E40999114%2E-Ld7Lk

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