[g947o]

If a news organization publishes an article welcoming someone onboard, they should also do that when someone is fired because of a scandal.

Of course, if someone leaves because of personal reasons or jumping ship, there is no reason to do that. But this is different.

[donohoe]

Sorta. Usually they would do a press release or a post on their company blog - not an article.

Aside, posting about a new hire is easy and has no legal livability. Posting on a departure can be a tangled web.

I do agree that some note by Ars would be good here.

[Hnrobert42]

The complications of HR policy and law do not allow for your proposed solution.

[g947o]

I have no experience in that area, but it's hard to see how a plain, factual statement "This person is no longer with the company." can be problematic.

[pavon]

That statement by itself wouldn't warrant an article, and it would be difficult to include a statement like that in a larger article about the event, without implying more than that.