The Spectator writing 12 pieces about Jason Arday in 10 days sounds exaggerated, but it isn't. If you audit it, you'll find 11 articles plus a podcast in that window. & that's barely scratching the surface. In 22 days it's been roughly: Times/Sunday Times — 44 Telegraph — 43 Mail — 38 Independent — 24 Spectator — 21 Guardian — 19 Express — 12 249 articles across 15 UK outlets over the span of 3 weeks about a professor who was a fabulist & was being investigated for plagiarism. And this is only in the UK. We have not even included the Intl right wing/US media. Cofnas & his ilk recruited others to join them in this public lynching. Actual serial killers, corrupt politicians, & systemic abusers routinely get fewer column inches or media time. Actual white academics who have fabricated research that has killed people don't even get this level of scrutiny. William O'Reilly, the Cambridge Prof who's actually been investigated and found guilty, still has his job. This wasn't about media/social media's need to stand for academic integrity. It transformed into a modern-day public lynching using that as a shell. A blood sport where Black academia was treated like public enemy number one. ​ We cannot ignore the root of this. The fire was lit by Nathan Cofnas(a self-described "race realist"), whose stated views suggest Black people wouldn't hold high-profile roles in a true meritocracy. He blew the dog whistle, and the media eagerly joined the pack & released the attack dogs. ​ They completely weaponised Arday’s mental health. By August 14th, the Mail paraded out a psychiatrist who had never even met him to diagnose him with "pseudologia fantastica" from afar. Hours later, the Telegraph was interrogating whether he was actually non-verbal as a child. ​ The cruelty was the point. The far-right ecosystem & its mainstream media had all their racist genes firing, using every anti-DEI rant to throw in a KKK/NeoNazi pamphlet. Now that the worst has happened, those exact same outlets have smoothly pivoted to offering their "thought & prayers". ​ You don’t get to actively participate in a crucifixion & then send flowers to the grave. The whiplash is sickening. They hounded a man to the edge under the guise of "standards," but we all know exactly what this was.