For years the relationship between the BBC and Manchester United, one of the biggest clubs in England has been particularly murky, following an investigation published against the team's son's former son - Sir Alex Ferguson, who refused to be interviewed and even led his players not to cooperate with the media giant.
This morning (Tuesday), an embarrassing incident in the middle of a broadcast once again caused the parties great tension.
During a broadcast of a tennis match a caption appeared that read: "Manchester United junk".
After quite a few inquiries from the group's fans who were furious, the network issued a public apology in which it explained that it was a human error of a trainee in the CG system who did a test.
For a few moments this morning the BBC News ticker said the words "Manchester United are rubbish."
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"I hope Manchester United fans were not offended by this," said the news anchor. "You saw it and you got hurt and you are Manchester United fans, but it was definitely a mistake. It was not meant to appear on screen but that's what happened, we thought we had better explain it."
Were we wrong?
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