In this case tenure would work out in Chomsky's favor, and Al Jazeera may as a large media company benefit from signalling that other large media companies are

In this case tenure would work out in Chomsky's favor, and Al Jazeera may as a large media company benefit from signalling that other large media companies are not like itself, by way of providing a costly signal at risk to itself. YouTube wouldn't care, it prioritizes demonization based on legal fallout. Talking about flak is not a flak topic.