Kelvin is a former editor of The Sun and apologist for Rupert Murdoch, most recently in defending the paywall on various web sites. He also takes the Murdoch shilling by writing a weekly column in that self-same newspaper. Some time ago the column was banned from Scottish editions of The Sun after MacKenzie (allegedly) made racist remarks about the Scots.In 1989 MacKenzie was involved in one of the biggest scandals in British journalism when some 95 people, most of them Liverpool fans, were crushed to death at Hillsborough in an FA Cup semi-final.Under the headline ''The Truth'' The Sun alleged ''Drunken Liverpool fans viciously attacked rescue workers...some thugs rifled the pockets of injured fans''. The Sun denounced football fans as yobs, scum and animals. No evidence was ever produced by The Sun to substantiate these claims and senior executives warned MacKenzie not to print them. Murdoch subsequently ordered him to apologise but the damage was done and sales of The Sun dropped to virtually zero on merseyside. Yes, rent-a-gob indeed.