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Phone Hacking: Kelvin MacKenzie Apologies To Lord Leveson

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The Huffington Post UK   First Posted: 18/10/11 09:53 BST Updated: 17/12/11 10:12 GMT

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Stop the press. Motormouth Daily Mail columnist Kelvin MacKenzie has done something he rarely does – apologise.

But it’s not for comments he made over the Hillsborough disaster which he has trended on Twitter for.

Instead MacKenzie has said sorry to poor old Lord Leveson who he hit out at last week.

“On reflection, I owe an apology to Lord Leveson, the judge heading the inquiry set up in the wake of the News of the World phone-hacking scandal,” he wrote in the Daily Mail.

MacKenzie made a speech in which, amongst other things, he described PM David Cameron as an arse kisser.

But it was his comments about Lord Leveson which he regrets. “I was somewhat disparaging of his ability when, as a young QC, he failed to win a conviction for tax evasion charges against Ken Dodd.

“Before I delivered my speech, he was very courteous to me and yet I repaid him by being disobliging. I shouldn’t have done it and I am sorry.”

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Kenz300
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02:50 PM on 10/18/2011
The hacking scandal has exposed the ties between the media, police, politicians and the wealthy.
The lack of ethics in individuals and institutions is apparent. The public has little faith in the media and their agenda driven reporting to tell the truth.
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11:57 AM on 10/18/2011
Well at least he has had the good grace to apologies.
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09:47 AM on 10/18/2011
Boorish, insensitive man with no sense of empathy, shame and no concept of professional or personal responsibility.

Between libelling Elton John or impugning Liverpool fans in the wake of Hillsborough (neither of whom are individuals or groups which I would conventionally share common ground), MacKenzie has consistently shown that he doesn't believe his words or actions have the ability to damage people and reputations.

Of course, he was always the ideal 'pit-bull' for Rupert Murdoch - kind of like Rebekah Brooks, but with a more controlled hairstyle.
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