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Cambridge Head Slams ‘Racist Feeding Frenzy’ over Dead Academic
Dawn Butler says national papers’ coverage of Jason Arday amounted to harassment and urges the press regulator to review the complaints.
- Professor Arday resigned from Cambridge on Aug. 5 amid scrutiny of his qualifications. Following his death, Cambridge Vice Chancellor Deborah Prentice announced an investigation into his employment, saying she was "desperately saddened" by the news.
- Nathan Cofnas raised questions about Arday's qualifications last month, prompting newspapers to allege more than 100 passages from his thesis were "identical or near-identical" to another researcher's work. Critics also questioned his charity fundraising and developmental delay claims.
- While Cambridge initially cited Liverpool John Moores University's prior investigation, the institution later opened its own inquiry "following new information about Professor Arday's qualifications and honorary appointments." Dozens of Cambridge academics had signed a letter demanding independent review.
- Labour MP Dawn Butler wrote to IPSO accusing the press of a "harassment campaign" against Arday. Butler argued he would be alive today without the "relentless and pernicious coverage" by the Times, Telegraph, Mail, and Spectator.
- The case parallels that of Marie Sophie Hingst, a Trinity College Dublin historian who fabricated a Holocaust past and killed herself in 2019 after Der Spiegel exposed her lies. Reflecting on such tragedies reveals society's difficulty addressing suicide.
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·Issy-les-Moulineaux, France
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Cambridge head slams ‘racist feeding frenzy’ over dead academic
The head of Cambridge university on Monday condemned a “racist feeding frenzy” prompted by plagiarism claims against the black academic Jason Arday, who was found dead last week after resigning from his post.
·Toronto, Canada
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A British sociologist and professor who Cambridge named the youngest black professor in its history has been found dead after being accused of alleged plagiarism and following intense media pressure. Police are not treating his death as violent and are still investigating the circumstances.
·Ljubljana, Slovenia
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Total News Sources23
Leaning Left4Leaning Right6Center6Last UpdatedBias Distribution38% Center, 37% Right
Bias Distribution
- 38% of the sources are Center, 37% of the sources lean Right
38% Center
L 25%
C 38%
R 37%
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