Εδωσε πριν λιγο το challenge την απάντησή του για το γνωστό βιντεο "τι εθνικότητας ήταν ο Μ.Αλέξανδρος"
http://taxalia.blogspot.com/2008/09/blog-post_6169.html
http://taxalia.blogspot.com/2008/09/blog-post_6169.html
Η ΑΠΑΝΤΗΣΗ (ΟΙ ΥΠΟΓΡΑΜΜΙΣΕΙΣ ΔΙΚΕΣ ΜΑΣ)
Alexander The Great
Thank you for your patience while we’ve looked into all of this.
As we said on Monday, the clip on YouTube is from an episode of Take It Or Leave It from over two years ago.
We want you to understand that we do not want to take sides in any international disagreement – contrary to lots of the opinions that have been put to us via email and in the web forums. To be totally clear: we're not trying to promote a cause, or stir up any trouble. We're just an entertainment channel.
We do recognise the importance of conducting quizzes fairly though, which is why we’ve gone back and checked our paperwork.
On the question itself, we have looked back at the records, and we are happy that the question and answer were fair and accurate. As usual, we checked this with two trusted sources.
However, one of the main issues you’ve raised is the use of the flag of FYROM to illustrate the question and answer. Having heard many of your arguments on this, and having looked into it ourselves, we can see that this was inaccurate, and confusing for the audience. We unreservedly apologise for any offence that has been caused - that was certainly not our intention.
It is very obvious that this particular question is about ancient history, not modern-day Europe. Using modern day flags is therefore inappropriate, so we’re going to re-edit this particular episode so that the flags are not shown again.
We hope that this goes a long way to addressing people’s concerns, and completely removes any suggestion that we’re making some kind of political statement. We’re sorry to have got this wrong.
With best wishes,
Thank you for your patience while we’ve looked into all of this.
As we said on Monday, the clip on YouTube is from an episode of Take It Or Leave It from over two years ago.
We want you to understand that we do not want to take sides in any international disagreement – contrary to lots of the opinions that have been put to us via email and in the web forums. To be totally clear: we're not trying to promote a cause, or stir up any trouble. We're just an entertainment channel.
We do recognise the importance of conducting quizzes fairly though, which is why we’ve gone back and checked our paperwork.
On the question itself, we have looked back at the records, and we are happy that the question and answer were fair and accurate. As usual, we checked this with two trusted sources.
However, one of the main issues you’ve raised is the use of the flag of FYROM to illustrate the question and answer. Having heard many of your arguments on this, and having looked into it ourselves, we can see that this was inaccurate, and confusing for the audience. We unreservedly apologise for any offence that has been caused - that was certainly not our intention.
It is very obvious that this particular question is about ancient history, not modern-day Europe. Using modern day flags is therefore inappropriate, so we’re going to re-edit this particular episode so that the flags are not shown again.
We hope that this goes a long way to addressing people’s concerns, and completely removes any suggestion that we’re making some kind of political statement. We’re sorry to have got this wrong.
With best wishes,
Challenge
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1. Νομίζουμε ότι τα περί σημαίας και το ότι θα ξανα-επεξεργαστούν το συγκεκριμένο επεισόδιο, δικαιώνει τους χιλιάδες Έλληνες χρήστες, που επικοινώνησαν με το κανάλι (το οποίο πάντως αποφεύγει να πει ότι ο Μέγας Αλεξανδρος ήταν Έλληνας).
2. Μια παρόμοια παρέμβαση, αυτή τη φορά στον Ο.Η.Ε. !!! κάναμε σήμερα (το taxalia), για μια πολύ μεγάλη πατάτα, που ανακαλύψαμε το πρωί και έχει τα αποτυπώματα του Κερίμ (του Σκοπιανού πρώην προέδρου της Γ.Σ. του ΟΗΕ -της 62ης). Θα σας πούμε περισσότερα όταν έχουμε την απάντηση (ελπίζουμε) στο πολύ σημαντικό ατόπημα, κάποιων υπαλλήλων του Ο.Η.Ε. υπέρ των Σκοπίων, που είναι πολύ εκνευριστικότερο από το βιντεο ενός "ψυχαγωγικού" καναλιού.
