Corbyn

Wrong but never let facts get in the way of a good old fashioned witchhunt.

Jeremy Corbyn filled in his tax return perfectly correctly. He then published it, being transparent, unlike the Tories. Someone from Sky News misread the return, and thought he hadn't declared his "leader of the opposition" extra salary, because it wasn't included under "Salary". But actually they were wrong. He had included it, correctly, under "Public Office". His office pointed out that this is fake news and that the tax return is correct, but (surprise, surprise) for some time the whole MSM completely ignored them and have continued to go with the smear like batshit crazy - presumably seeing it as yet another chance to smear Corbyn, and also a good distraction from all the important things going on (such as John McDonnell's excellent policy announcements, the NHS march, and the refusal of Philip Hammond and the other Tory front-benchers to publish their tax returns).

This is yet another example of the press's ongoing tendency to spend huge amounts of time and energy trying to find the slightest opportunity to smear Corbyn, while at the same time protecting the Tories from any scrutiny whatsoever. The owners of the media companies that have attempted to cast doubt over this transparent and accurate tax return are of course among those who could stand to lose from the tax transparency policy Corbyn and McDonnell promote.