They knew the story had no foundation. Kelvin MacKenzie, the Scum's editor, even called me up. "How can we correct the situation?" he said. "You know that big headline ? 'The Truth'," I replied. "All you have to do is put 'We lied' in the same size. Then you might be all right." Mackenzie said: "I cannot do that." "Well," I replied, "I cannot help you then." That was it. I put the phone down. Merseysiders were outraged by the Sun. A great many still are. c*** SHOULD BE SHOT