1. We all know that football is a serious business in England, so it is not completely surprising that an innocent mistake would turn into a red code for the best British broadcaster. It also doesn’t make this whole saga any less absurd.
During the coverage of the French Open earlier today, the BBC news at the bottom of the screen appeared on a simple message: “Manchester United is rubbish”.
Clearly, this was not the typical update you would see on any scroll.
Some time later, the BBC gave the host a detailed apology that includes not one, but two references to people who may have been offended by the shooting at the football club.
“Earlier, some of you may have noticed something unusual along the label at the bottom of the screen with news commenting on Manchester United,” the journalist said. “I hope that Manchester United fans were not offended because of that.
Now, just implying that someone may be offended because of something that is complete nonsense is ridiculous, but this is about sports fans, so anything is possible.
The presenter then went on to explain that someone had been taught how to use the tag, and during training that person typed and sent a Manchester United diss.
Can we just take a moment to marvel at how elegant things sound when uttered with a British accent? Here in America, we would say, “Some drug was hanging around and decided to tear up a football team on a scroll.” In Britain, they say, “They just wrote random things and not seriously.” Sounds so royal.
The host then assured everyone that the BBC regrets what happened, saying: “Sorry if you saw that and you were offended and cheering for Manchester United. But it was definitely a mistake and should not have appeared on the screen. We thought we’d better explain it to you. “
What I like about this story is that it combines two things that are currently out of control: everyone apologizes for everything and sports fans are a bit remote. Imagine thinking that you have to apologize for something so benign because some weirdo could be offended.
Total garbage.
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