Calls mount for UK public inquiry into Jason Arday 'media witch hunt'

CALLS are mounting for a public inquiry into media coverage surrounding former Cambridge professor Jason Arday before his death.

Jason Arday's Story Is What Happens When 'The First' Isn't Protected  Forbes

Times letters: Public scrutiny and the death of Jason Arday  The Times

On 14 August, the 41-year-old academic Jason Arday was found dead in Battersea, London. His death followed a relentless media blitz in which the previously unknown professor was subjected the sort of relentless coverage which is usually reserved for heads of state. Since then, the media outlets involved have been delet

Lord Simon Woolley said Arday had been "hounded" by the media and pursued relentlessly.

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