No. Actually. I got the point long ago when this first came out and was discussed to pieces at Tim Blair’s blog, long ago.
My point is that there’s no reason to even assume that the thing ever happened at all. The proclivity toward bad practice and blatant manipulation by those on the left is grotesque in it’s extremity and no limits should be assumed to their malfeasance.
I also shake my head in wonder at those who assume that simply because it appeared in print, it must have actually taken place.
It is a technic perfected by Hitler and addopted by Stalin.
“The Big Lie” technic of propaganda.
The idea is that people will believe it because nobody would be so flagrant...
And it works with the uninformed...