Megyn Kelly believes the institutional response to Jason Arday was compromised by systemic failures and a desire to avoid appearing racist, leading to the protection of a fraud.

“What is wrong with a system that a hires a guy like this And then B, when serious serious smoke starts arising off of his resume, no one will see the fire. No one will even look to see if there's a fire.”

Glenn Greenwald argues that academic institutions prioritize diversity and victimhood status over merit, causing them to protect fraudulent individuals from necessary scrutiny.

“It's a form of victimhood, right? like even the autism, even all these diseases, he claims he has these attacks on him because victimhood, this kind of victimhood is the currency of how you get social capital in academic circles and academic institution and leftwing circles.”