The BBC has apologized after a message appeared on the news channel saying, “Manchester United are rubbish”. The text mistakenly popped up on the news ticker at the bottom of the screen during a tennis update on Tuesday morning. Later in the morning, presenter Annita Mcveigh apologized to any Manchester United fans who may have been offended. She said the mistake occurred as someone learned how to operate the ticker and was “writing random things”.I had nothing to do with this!! #mcfc https://t.co/BTBwsJjFlm— Clive Myrie (@CliveMyrieBBC) May 24, 2022 Another message which appeared on the ticker read simply: “Weather rain everywhere.”Mcveigh told viewers:”A little earlier, 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, and I hope that Manchester United fans weren’t offended by it.”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. So that was what happened, we just thought we’d better explain that to you.”Ten Hag presented as the new Man United manager: The club has a great history and let’s make a futureAn official BBC statement added: “There was a technical glitch during training with our test ticker, which rolled over to live programming for a few seconds.”We apologize for any offence caused on air.”
