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Doesn't it make MORE sense if
the Globe, not the plagiarist, is the offended and angry party ...
but the employer ... sensitive, compassionate, and progressive as it yearns to be ...
arranges to minimize the humiliation to its cherished gadfly
I was just speculating wildly, so anything's possible. FWIW, though, as a writer I think the difference in humiliation level between getting fired for plagiarism and getting a long, publicized suspension for plagiarism is pretty negligible.