Why do people do this? What do they get out of it? They don't pay for tip-offs do they? Seems unethical anyway.
Not sure angry human beings are the most rational actors in most cases.
If I got laid off I'd talk about it on Twitter too. That's a natural reaction for many people. You want to commiserate with others in the same situation and share useful unemployment and job-finding resources. Hell, a big layoff gets its own hashtag.
If you got fired, you don't really own the company anything anymore.
Because what do you get out of it? They don't pay you for a tip. Why do free work for a media conglomerate, even if you didn't care about the ethics?
Because they felt like it?
I can definitely see how someone might think that it is cool to cause a news story.
> Why do free work
You are overestimating the amount of "work" that would go into something like this. I do stuff all the time, just because I felt like it.
[1] 8 USC §1184 (c)(5)(A): In the case of an alien who is provided nonimmigrant status under section 1101(a)(15)(H)(i)(b) or 1101(a)(15)(H)(ii)(b) of this title and who is dismissed from employment by the employer before the end of the period of authorized admission, the employer shall be liable for the reasonable costs of return transportation of the alien abroad.