posted Aug 17, 2026, 10:46 AMA sober analysis from the News Agents podcast of the press's role in the death of former Cambridge professor Jason Arday. Sopel is right here to repeat the adage stressed in every journalism school in the world: What's interesting to the public isn't necessarily in the public interest.The News Agents (@thenewsagents.co.uk) on Bluesky“It would seem impossible that the way Jason Arday was treated - as public enemy number one - did not contribute to where he ended up.” Did the incessant coverage of Jason Arday, even after his resignation, cross over into a ‘full-blown witch hunt’?Share
