1M Fans of ‘The View’ Petitioning ABC to Fire Whoopi Goldberg and Joy Behar?

In March 2024, a petition signed by more than 1 million fans of “The View” was sent to ABC executives, asking them to fire Whoopi Goldberg and Joy Behar as hosts.In March 2024, the Dunning-Kruger Times published an article claiming more than 1 million fans of “The View” were petitioning ABC to fire hosts Whoopi Goldberg and Joy Behar:

Fans of The View Petition ABC to Fire Whoopi and Joy: “We Want Our Show Back”The View has been on television for going on three decades. In that time, it’s seen some of the most interesting exchanges on television. When Survivor celebrity Elizabeth Hasselbeck joined, the show got a bit of a political push.

Unfortunately, over the last few years, the show has gone full-tilt into politics, with a deep dive to the left. It’s become so awful that a group of more than one million fans sent ABC a petition to remove Joy Behar and Whoopi Goldberg.We found social media posts with the claim on Facebook. Additionally, the Dunning-Kruger Times’ article was published word-for-word on at least three other websites.The claim about a fan-led petition against Goldberg and Behar wasn’t true. On the Dunning-Kruger Times’ “About Us” page, the outlet described its articles as fiction.