BBC News presenter Annita McVeigh apologizes after ‘Manchester United are rubbish’ message appears on television.
A Northern Ireland-based BBC News presenter has apologised after a message on the screen said, “Manchester United are rubbish.”
Annita McVeigh, from Co Armagh, apologised to Manchester United fans after the remark appeared on the news ticker at the bottom of the screen during a tennis report on the 9am to 10am news show.
The Northern Irish woman stated that the awkward incident occurred while someone was learning how to run the ticker and was “writing random things not in earnest.”
Clarifying the issue on air, McVeigh told viewers: “Just while we are on the subject of football, 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 Manchester United fans weren’t offended by it.
“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.
I had nothing to do with this!! #mcfc https://t.co/BTBwsJjFlm
— Clive Myrie (@CliveMyrieBBC) May 24, 2022
“That comment appeared, so apologies if you saw that and we 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.”
A 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 apologised for any offence caused on air.”
Joking about the situation, fellow BBC presenter and Mastermind host Clive Myrie kidded “I had nothing to do with this,” before adding the hashtag “mcfc” referencing his support for Manchester United’s city rivals Manchester City.
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BBC News presenter Annita McVeigh apologizes after ‘Manchester United are rubbish’ message appears on television.
