A BBC trainee accidentally took over the BBC News ticker and it’s today’s funniest thing
BBC News went wildly viral today but not for reasons it would have wanted after a BBC trainee learning how to work the channel’s news ticker accidentally took it over for real.
And this happened, shared by @scottygb over on Twitter (keep your eye on the bottom of the screen, for obvious reasons).
Errrr… what is going on with the BBC News ticker? pic.twitter.com/fofbiGyMfs
— Scott Bryan (@scottygb) May 24, 2022
Simply fabulous!
Not just ‘Manchester United are rubbish’ but ‘weather rain everywhere.’
For a few moments this morning the BBC News ticker said the words “Manchester United are rubbish.” pic.twitter.com/wb0CGcYYS9
— Scott Bryan (@scottygb) May 24, 2022
The BBC later apologised for the mishap which immediately entered the BBC News channel hall of fame, right up there with Simon McCoy and that ream of A4 paper.
UPDATE: BBC News have apologised.
They say that a trainee was learning how to write text for the ticker and accidentally published them onto the BBC News Channel. pic.twitter.com/OkjPIkJAoo
— Scott Bryan (@scottygb) May 24, 2022
Our only hope is that the trainee didn’t get into too much trouble. It could have been a lot worse, right?
And people say the BBC don’t present factual news anymore.
— Gene McGurk (@magawk) May 24, 2022
The rain one is definitely true
— Claire Wileman (@ClaireWileman) May 24, 2022
Last word to @katebevan.
One of the first things you learn as a baby sub-editor is to remember that the law of sod is a thing and you should always assume that your dummy text could well end up being published https://t.co/4gDYCQO96D
— Kate (@katebevan) May 24, 2022
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