BBC apologises after trainee insults soccer team on news ticker

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The BBC is forced to apologise to Manchester United fans after a message appeared on their news ticker, labelling the Premier League club as 'rubbish'.

The BBC was forced to apologise to Manchester United fans on Tuesday after a message appeared on their news ticker, labelling the Premier League club as "rubbish".BBC blamed the "unusual" message on "a technical glitch during training with our test ticker"

She said the mistake had occurred as someone was learning how to operate the ticker and was "writing random things not in earnest". "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.Loading

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