This is what I wrote in response to PoM's wrong suggestion that it was Harold Wilson
Originally Posted by MartinRosen:
“That was Michael Foot, wasn't it ?”
Chin corrected me that it was not a donkey jacket.
Originally Posted by
chinchin:
“It was a smart jacket not a donkey jacket. Media smears!
”
You replied
Originally Posted by makeba72:
“But you weren't remembering what was reported - you were making as assumption that it must have looked like a donkey jacket, even though Chin had just said something different.”
I said
Originally Posted by MartinRosen:
“As I said (before Chin's comment) I thought I had remembered it was a donkey jacket. I now know differently.”
Originally Posted by makeba72:
“With all respect Martin, that's not what you said at all.”
I cannot find anything different. The phrase that PoM put in his original post about the donkey jacket "which never was", I think (and obviously I have no evidence) was edited in after his original post, otherwise Chin would not have had to confirm it wasn't a donkey jacket.
Originally Posted by makeba:
“ Thanks for the link, but as you can see, it's a tiny piece in a broadsheet from 2010. I think we can see the relative irrelevance of that.”
I don't know, but maybe other newspapers ran the correction nearer the time in a more prominent position.
Originally Posted by makeba:
“I also note you've chosen not to comment on the hypocrisy of people who cherry-pick what they criticise.”
I cannot find where you suggest that people are cherry-picking what they criticise.
Originally Posted by makeba72:
“So why is this still believed by many people today?”
I don't know - maybe I am the only one that the correction didn't filter through to
Originally Posted by makeba72:
“ Edit - the point I'm making is that sections of the media consistently get away with blatant lies and smears. And yet, even when it's shown to be the case, people will still close their minds to it, or brush it off as unimportant. An interesting example is the outrage of people over those who were 'disrespectful' when Thatcher died, but who couldn't have cared less about what was said when Foot died, etc.”
I cannot speak for other people, but as I said I had not heard the correction so it was not brushed off in my case.
I don't recall anybody comparing Mrs Thatcher to Michael Foot. I am not sure what the comparison would be as MF was never Prime Minister.
(phew! Now to check all my brackets are correct and this makes some sort of sense - from my point of view !!)