Then why did he presume to ask everyone to stop?
I agree. The protest is not about him either.
According to what I heard, he just had a meeting last week(apparently to work it out with the station)and everyone including him,assumed that all the publicity would do the trick to get him "re-instated". I wasn't privy to the details,but I guess that there was too much pressure on the station.
Please re-do the pressure.