Kelvin MacKenzie, who was the editor of The Sun at the time of the Hillsborough tragedy and who wrote the headline, today offered his 'profuse apologies to the people of Liverpool for that headline'.
He added: 'It has taken more than two decades, 400,000 documents and a two-year inquiry to discover to my horror that it would have been far more accurate had I written the headline The Lies rather than The Truth. I published in good faith and I am sorry that it was so wrong.'
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I think I disagree, Neil.
Apologies only ever mean anything if they are both SINCERE and HEARTFELT. Mckenzie's is NEITHER and smacks of someone desperate to say the right thing to try and improve their public perception.
His actions in 1989 and in the following years by repeatedly standing by his reporting were absolutely disgraceful.
His apology today means absolutely nothing to me. He has a long long way to go before he will be forgiven by any Liverpool supporters and it is doubtful if many can ever forgive him whatever he does. His actions caused immense pain and suffering to the families and victims of Hillsborough. A half-hearted apology where he tries to pass the buck falls a long long way from what is required.