This editorial is appalling. It omits any mention of Arday's serial fabulism or his attempt to intimidate -- and direct law enforcement against -- a journalist investigating his misconduct. It appears to characterize his fabrication of academic credentials and biographical details as aspects of "how Arday conducted aspects of his personal life." The editorial also ignores that his plagiarism is an established fact that any truth-seeking publication could itself confirm by referencing publicly available documents. Instead, Nature chooses to ignore the observable realities, while inviting readers to conclude that the charges were trivial or false. The British tabloid press is disgraceful. This story was grossly over-covered and the attention it attracted surely reflected racial resentments. But it's crazy that the editorial leadership of a flagship scientific journal would publish a willfully dishonest polemic on a culture war controversy. Nature is effectively advertising a willingness to prioritize its political sympathies over factual accuracy. That undermines its own more essential work -- along with the broader project of cultivating public trust in, and agreement upon, scientific truths.