Kelvin MacKenzie

Kelvin MacKenzie (born October 22, 1946) is a media figure in the United Kingdom. He is best known for his role as editor of The Sun newspaper from 1981 to 1993 and is remembered as the man responsible for the paper s coverage of the Hillsborough disaster. The paper made untrue allegations about the Liverpool fans, including that they were pick-pocketing the victims and urinating on the policemen. As a consequence, the paper still sells very poorly in Liverpool.

MacKenzie has been [http://news.independent.co.uk/people/profiles/story.jspstory=618387 described] by Piers Morgan as being a brutal editor with a particular form of dangerous genius .

MacKenzie was criticised for a May 4, 1982 front-page headline, Gotcha! [http://www.sterlingtimes.co.uk/gotcha1.htm]. The story detailed the death of a large crew on the Argentine General Belgrano , sunk by the Royal Navy during the Falklands War.

He recently worked as chief executive of The Wireless Group PLC, a quoted company controlling a wide variety of UK local radio stations, as well as national radio station TalkSport (formerly Talk Radio), prior to that company s takeover by Ulster Television.