lesson learned?
Politicians Police & the Press
The report concluded that the then Conservative MP for Sheffield Hallam, Irvine Patnick, passed inaccurate and untrue information from the police to the press
The Daily Express also carried Patnick's version, under the headline "Police Accuse Drunken Fans" and giving Patnick's views, saying he had told Margaret Thatcher, while escorting her on a tour of the ground after the disaster, of the "mayhem caused by drunks" and that policemen told him they were "hampered, harassed, punched and kicked
Todays events may have been a case of finding someone who wanted to believe the story enough to disregard the lack of evidence which should be readilyavailable in the age of smartphones & CCTV