In one of the most predictable developments in world history, to quote the New York Times: 'The University of Cambridge has abandoned plans to fully investigate its hiring of Jason Arday. Instead...the inquiry will examine whether the school offered him sufficient support amid accusations that he plagiarised portions of his thesis and embellished his personal narrative.' Arday 'will not be a focus' of the university's analysis of its hiring practices.'
Everyone with more than two braincells knew they'd do this. These institutions are incapable of self-reflection. They are so profoundly in the grip of progressive groupthink that any story, no matter how egregious, that runs counter to it gets either ignored, shut down, covered over, or reframed as somehow proving that we need more of that precise groupthink.
Absolutely embarrassing.
I'm running a project to try and push back against this stuff. Follow on here for updates.