Yes, they fired him for their decision................
“Yes, they fired him for their decision................”
If I read the tone of your comment correctly, Yes. Yes they fired him for their mistake.
This is why the Editor and the Editor-in-Chief (The editorial board) gets paid as much as they do. They are responsible for everything printed.
So it’s the fault of the editorial board and their staff that this made it to print. Authors and journalists type garbage up all the damned time. I work for a few publishing companies.