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That’s pretty thin. There’s no evidence that Corbyn even knew why the mural was controversial when he made his comment. Which was this:

In a Facebook post in 2012, Corbyn offered his backing to Los Angeles-based street artist Mear One, whose mural, featuring several known antisemitic tropes, was due to be removed after complaints.

Mear One said on his Facebook page: “Tomorrow they want to buff my mural Freedom of Expression. London Calling, Public art.”

Corbyn replied: “Why? You are in good company. Rockerfeller [sic] destroyed Diego Viera’s [sic] mural because it includes a picture of Lenin.”

“In 2012, Jeremy was responding to concerns about the removal of public art on the grounds of freedom of speech,” said a statement released by the Labour party on Friday. “However, the mural was offensive, used antisemitic imagery, which has no place in our society, and it is right that it was removed.”

So, he heard an artist claim censorship, asked why he was being censored, and mentioned an artist who had been censored in the past.

The Guardian has been promoting this story at full throttle all week:

It’s a legitimate story to report on, but that level of focus is abnormal and suggestive of bias.