BTW, generally, when someone is fired, they are not offered money, or rewarded with hush money to keep their mouth shut. If revealed, that in itself would bring this network to it's knees, revealing it to be an evil manipulating propaganda machine.
That presumes they’ve left the company.
Perhaps it all depends on the meaning of the word “fired”, in a Bill Clinton sort of parsing.
Could be they’ve been “fired” from that position, and quietly moved laterally to keep them from becoming disgruntled, and away from a wrongful termination lawyer.
I’m guessing the latter.
In fact I’d almost bet money on it. That is, if anyone was fired at all.