article_snippet: An online petition to have Clarkson reinstated has been signed by more than a million people.
article_snippet: Fewer than 10,000 people signed a counterpetition calling for Even media baron to be fired.
article_snippet: Clarkson later thanked Even media baron supporters in a tweet shared more than 22,000 times.
article_snippet: CNN's Rosie Tomkins and journalist Monica Sarkar contributed to this report.