Kelvin MacKenzie backs the Barnsley Chronicle in his Sun column today over a potential legal fight with its former junior reporter Sir Michael Parkinson.
The Mail reported at the weekend that Parkinson had threatened to sue his cousin and the Chronicle over claims made in a pamphlet about his late father.
MacKenzie writes today: "The Barnsley Chronicle is a fantastic local paper. It sells more than 41,587 copies a week - that's more than The Independent (it's close) - and has been around for 150 years - more than Len Goodman."
He adds: "Clearly, there is no love lost between different parts of his family but for Parkinson to bring in Carter-Ruck is a mixture of bullying and stupidity.
"Local newspapers are going through difficult enough times without facing huge and undeserved legal bills from ho-hum London law firms."
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