{
  "id": 28164,
  "title": "Exclusive: News outlet killed story on plagiarism allegations after Cambridge prof hired law firm",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/07/27/exclusive-news-outlet-killed-story-on-plagiarism-allegations-after",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-07-27T21:08:31.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Retraction Watch",
    "slug": "retraction-watch",
    "url": "https://retractionwatch.com/2026/07/27/cambridge-jason-arday-plagiarism-allegations-times-higher-education-exclusive/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Jason Arday In September 2025, Times Higher Education had a bombshell story in the works: A star sociology professor at the University of Cambridge had allegedly plagiarized parts of his Ph.D. thesis and several journal articles. In one of the articles, the borrowed text appeared in quotes from subjects the professor, Jason Arday, claimed to … Continue reading Exclusive: News outlet killed story…",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 2,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "BBC News",
        "title": "Cambridge professor at centre of plagiarism row defends his work",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/01/cambridge-professor-at-centre-of-plagiarism-row-defends-his-work",
        "published": "2026-08-01T20:32:25.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}