Are you sure about that second termination? Or are you assuming facts not in evidence? Isn't that frowned upon in your former bailiwick?
And are layoffs the same as firings? And did they involve reporters? How many? How do you know? You do know, don't you?
Twenty-eight years gets you back to 1989, or not quite halfway to "JFK slept here (and do you know where your daughters are tonight?)" in 1960.