Science Journal Editor Says He Was Fired After Praising ‘Moral Clarity’ of Onion’s Satirical Story Headlined ‘Dying Gazans Criticized for Not Using Last Words to Condemn Hamas’
variety.comTodd Spangler NY Digital Editor Michael Eisen, a professor at UC Berkeley, said he was fired as the editor of eLife, a medical and life sciences academic journal, after he praised the “moral clarity” of an article about the Israel-Hamas war published by satirical website The Onion. “I have been informed that I am being replaced as the Editor in Chief of @eLife for retweeting a @TheOnion piece that calls out indifference to the lives of Palestinian civilians,” Eisen posted on X (aka Twitter) on Monday.
On Oct. 13, less than a week after Hamas’ terrorist attack on Israeli civilians, Eisen wrote on X, “The Onion speaks with more courage, insight and moral clarity than the leaders of every academic institution put together.
I wish there were a @TheOnion university.” He quoted the outlet’s story headlined, “Dying Gazans Criticized for Not Using Last Words to Condemn Hamas.” After a broad backlash to the post, Eisen tried to clarify his point, writing on Oct.
14, “Every sane person on Earth is horrified and traumatized by what Hamas did and wants it to never happen again. All the more so as a Jew with Israeli family.
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