Evans, once a writer and the kind of editor who'd stand up to Rupert Murdoch and get fired for his trouble, is now a man for whom announcing to the world that you were fired is unthinkable.
Evans' mentality has changed because he doesn't want to be in the public eye.
mnli hypothesis: Evans' mentality has changed because he doesn't want to be in the public eye. premise: Evans, once a writer and the kind of editor who'd stand up to Rupert Murdoch and get fired for his trouble, is now a man for whom announcing to the world that you were fired is unthinkable.