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Editor in Chief of eLife replaced for retweeting The Onion tweet about Palestine
- cool_dude85 3y agoThe eLife website says they're an independent nonprofit. Presumably the BoD or equivalent made this choice - how does one wind up on the Board for an organization like this? And what capacity do academics have to apply pressure?
- ZeroGravitas 3y agoSecond time today I've found this other Onion headline relevant: > ‘The Onion’ Stands With Israel Because It Seems Like You Get In Less Trouble For That https://www.theonion.com/the-onion-stands-with-israel-because-it-seems-like-yo-1850922505 https://www.theonion.com/the-onion-stands-with-israel-becaus...
- catlover76 3y agoI had assumed this is what he got fired for retweeting
- ZeroGravitas 3y agoSpecific tweet was this one: https://twitter.com/mbeisen/status/1712947590294306976 https://twitter.com/mbeisen/status/1712947590294306976
- norwalkbear 3y agoWow, it's clear who rules the west.
- gpcr1949 3y agoI am really surprised they fired him for a really relatively mild series of tweets. I know some of the Israeli scientists leading the campaign against him also pointed out he tweeted "Fuck Israel" in 2018 [0]. Due to the date, May 15 2018, he is probably referring to IDF slayings the preceding day during Palestinian border protests [1]. Nature also did a factual write up of this guy's firing [2]. [0] https://twitter.com/mbeisen/status/996404294529138688 https://twitter.com/mbeisen/status/996404294529138688 [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2018%E2%80%932019_Gaza_border_protests#14_May https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2018%E2%80%932019_Gaza_border_... [2] https://www.science.org/content/article/prominent-journal-editor-fired-endorsing-satirical-article-israel-hamas https://www.science.org/content/article/prominent-journal-ed...