[Kizzy]

Originally Posted by MTVN

Sorry but it is historical fact that the Czech intelligence service identified Corbyn, arranged to meet him and kept a file on him. That information can't be denied. The story in the OP is just reporting a claim by a former Czech agent, those unhappy with that claim should take issue with him not the newspaper who are merely acting as the messenger

I wonder why they did that?..He was just a British MP and diplomat after all.

The claim by the former agent states that he got nothing of any value from the meeting, so where is the issue?
Corbyn wasn't ( even if true) the first to be duped by an agent and he won't be the last, the fact is that there was no useful info gleaned from him so what is the point of the story here?

The point of the story was to 'break' at the same time as those celebrating the 15th anniversary of Corbyns 'stop the war' speech, #fake news was touched upon earlier... this is a prime example.
In fact this news item could quite possibly have been generated by the same bots, or those with similar aims, that is entirely plausible.

Aside from the claim that many are inclined not to believe it the flip side of that is many are very much inclined to believe it, which of course was the aim of the item regardless of whether or not it has any basis in fact or not.