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Liverpool Echo
Liverpool Echo
National
Liam Thorp

BBC slammed for 'appalling insult' in Kelvin Mackenzie booking

BBC news have been accused of an 'appalling insult' to everyone affected by the Hillsborough Disaster after booking former S*n editor Kelvin Mackenzie as a guest.

Mackenzie, who edited The S*n from 1981 until the early 1990s, was in charge of the newspaper when it published lies about Liverpool fans in the wake of the 1989 disaster, in which 97 Reds supporters were unlawfully killed.

In recent days Mackenzie, who is reviled on Merseyside along with the publication he used to edit, has been appearing in the media to discuss the fallout from The S*n's claims that a high profile BBC presenter was accused of paying a person for explicit images.

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