BBC apologises for 'Manchester United are rubbish' headline on ticker
The BBC has apologised to viewers after the
headline "Manchester United are rubbish" appeared on its ticker
during a television news broadcast on Tuesday.
The headline appeared on the bottom of the
screen during a report on the French Open tennis championship.
TV critic and broadcaster Scott Bryan, who
works for the BBC, noticed the gaffe and posted a clip on which immediately
went viral.
BBC presenter Annita McVeigh later issued the
apology on air and explained that the headline was written when someone was
learning how to use the ticker.
"Some of you may have noticed something
pretty unusual on the ticker that runs along the bottom of the screen with news
making a comment about Manchester United. I hope that Manchester United fans
weren't offended by it," she said.
"Let me just explain what was happening:
behind the scenes someone was training to learn how to use the ticker and to
put text on the ticker. So they were just writing random things, not in
earnest, and that comment appeared.
"So apologies if you saw that and you
were offended and you're a fan of Manchester United. But certainly that was a
mistake and it wasn't meant to appear on the screen."
United have endured a torrid campaign,
finishing sixth in the table with 58 points - their lowest in the Premier
League era.
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