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Published 13:20 24 May 2022 BST
Updated 13:22 24 May 2022 BST
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During their morning bulletin on Tuesday, BBC News reminded United fans - and anyone, for that matter - that these are undeniably bleak times for the Red Devils.
Eagle-eyed viewers will notice the ticker on the video below, designed to provide different headlines for all the major stories going on at that time.
However, on this occasion, one of their key headlines simply stated: "Manchester United are rubbish."
https://twitter.com/scottygb/status/1529057980498558976
The BBC later offered a brief apology, explaining that the error had occurred when a trainee, on their first day of work, had inadvertently posted the message to millions of viewers while trying to get to grips with how the ticker worked. Oops.
They said: "A little earlier some of you may have noticed something unusual on the ticker that runs along the bottom of the screen with news making a comment about Manchester United.
"I hope Manchester United fans weren't offended by it. Someone was training to learn how to use the ticket and to put text on the ticker, so they were just writing random things, not in earnest.
"That comment appeared so apologies if you saw that and you were offended and are a fan of Manchester United, but certainly that was a mistake and wasn't meant to appear on the screen."
https://twitter.com/RobOHanrahan/status/1529061200277000192
Whoever that trainee was, fair play.
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