La Repubblica fired Journalist who criticized Scalfari for spreading 'fake news' about 'Pope' Francis

Fr. John Zuhlsdorf: 

One of the writers at La Repubblica, Piergiorgio Odifreddi, took on Scalfari and the “fake news” that was spread over the last few years through his sloppy and biased accounts of his conversations with the Pope (including the recent confusion about Hell). HERE

Today I read that La Repubblica fired Odifreddi. HERE

They say that its not about his critique of Scalfari.  Uh huh.