If Jason Arday were a white middle-class academic, he would not have been hounded by the British press in the way he was.
My thoughts are with his loved ones. May he rest in peace.
I have met some of the people who covered the Arday story personally. I can tell you with confidence that you may not have hated him because he was black, but they did. You may not have hated what he ‘represented’. They did. And that is why the coverage was disproportionate.
Jason Arday was hounded by the British media to death.
188 articles in 9 days.
249 articles in 22 days.
Over plagiarism controversy.
Nathan Cofnas—a sacked Cambridge race-theorist—started the allegations.
As someone who has experienced a smear campaign, I can tell you with full certainty that it can take you into total darkness.
They forget they are dealing with a human being. They forget it is someone's entire life they are tearing apart.
This is what sinister journalism does.
Shame on the British media.
I, GAVIN C. NEWSOM, WILL NOT ALLOW DONALD'S PHOTO IN OUR PASSPORTS. TRAVELLING IS STRESSFUL ENOUGH. WE DON'T NEED TO SCREAM IN HORROR OR LOSE OUR APPETITE EVERY TIME WE OPEN OUR PASSPORTS. THE JOY OF TRAVEL IS ESCAPISM. HOW CAN WE ESCAPE IF THE ORANGE FUNGUS IS ALWAYS AMONG US?