The BBC has apologized after a message appeared on screen: ‘Manchester United is rubbish’.
The insult appeared on the ticker at the bottom of the screen during a tennis update during the 9-10am newscast.
Later that morning, presenter Annita McVeigh apologized to Manchester United fans who may have been offended.
She said the mistake happened when someone was learning to operate the ticker and “randomly writing stuff down, not seriously”.
McVeigh said: “Earlier some of you might have noticed something quite unusual about the ticker running with news at the bottom of the screen commenting on Manchester United and I hope Manchester United fans won’t be offended by this.”
Errrr… what is going on with the BBC News ticker? pic.twitter.com/fofbiGyMfs
— Scott Bryan (@scottygb) May 24, 2022
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