Journal editor fired for endorsing satirical article about Israel-Hamas conflict

The actual situation is far more interesting than the headline - the "endorsed" article is from The Onion, the editor is Jewish and a very long-term critic of the scientific establishment, and more. He ran for the US Senate in 2018.

If he was a normal (boring, careerist) editor, I might comment about third rails, and the idiocy of venturing near them. Given the article's backstory on Michael Eisen...I doubt that applies here. It sounds like he made a calculate public stand, and the outcome isn't particularly damaging to him.

I wish someone did a rigorous study on the actions of the media and politicians during this conflict. It's been stunning to see how quickly the narrative consolidated and unified to approve of Israel's actions against the Palestinian civilians.

Reddit is particularly terrible in this regards, at least the world news live thread. It's almost like it's under some state-actor online operation.

I think I prefer the confidence of Americans when they decide to steam roll over a country. The Israelis crying victim while doing it is rather pathetic.