Channel 4 chief correspondent Alex Thomson has this morning ‘doorstepped’ former editor of The Sun Kelvin Mackenzie about The Sun’s coverage of the Hillsborough disaster 23 years ago.
A week after details about police lies were revealed over the deaths of 96 football fans in 1989, which led to The Sun writing a front page story entitled ‘The Truth’ that included police claims that fans were caught stealing from the victims, Thomson approached then editor of the tabloid Mackenzie uninvited, to ask questions about his decision to run the story.
Tweeting about the incident this morning, Thomson said; “I am doorstepping former Sun editor Kelvin Mackenzie over #Hillsborough lies.”
He revealed that he was at Mackenzie’s home in Surrey before following up with another tweet stating that he had been told to ‘f**k off’ by his target.
Another tweet revealed that Mackenzie told Thomson that he was not afraid to answer questions despite having shut his door on the reporter. Thomson also said that he did not respond to being asked “why he’s disregarded his own journalists over Hillsborough headline ‘The Truth’.”
Thomson then jammed himself between door and drivers seat of Mackenzie’s car in an attempt to force him to speak only to be told “Please Alex, this isn’t reasonable.’”
Mackenzie last week issued an apology for the original story run by The Sun, which has long plagued the newspaper ever since.
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Might have been better if someone other than Thomson, doorstepped Mackenzie, as Thomson has TWICE mocked the dead of the Ibrox disaster
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I don't think that Mr Thomson is in a position to go after Kelvin Mackenzie. Mr Thomson mocked a memorial to Rangers fans killed in the Ibrox disaster. He is every bit as bad as Mackenzie, maybe he is looking to move in with him.
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McKenzie is a despicable individual but I can think of more appropriate people to question him than Alex Thomson, given how Thomson recently mocked the Ibrox disaster.
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some journo should grow a set and doorstep Thomson for his mocking of the Ibrox disaster by lampponing the memorial statue of John Greig (not walking away) and the use of the word "Daleks" describing Rangers fans( who can't go down stairs)......he's a hypocrit
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Mackenzie is one vile creep. He now wants compensation from the police for lying to him - what about the pain he caused the Hillsborough families for years. He persecuted and ridiculed Clare Short for years because of her attempts to ban Page 3 - I am so glad he is on the end of it. It couldn't happen to a nicer a**hole.
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