EAST LANSING, Mich. (AP) — The creator and producer of The Quiz Channel on YouTube, which includes Adolf Hitler’s image as part of a quiz Michigan State used on its videoboards before a game against No.
2 Michigan, said the school didn't ask for permission to use his content or pay him for it.
“It’s an absolutely normal trivia question, shown in an inappropriate setting,” Floris van Pallandt wrote Sunday on his YouTube page.
2 Michigan was finishing off a 49-0 win over the Spartans on Saturday night, Michigan State spokesman Matt Larson apologized that the inappropriate content was displayed more than an hour before kickoff.
Political Cartoons View All 1211 ImagesMichigan State streamed The Quiz Channel, which had 40 questions in its latest video, including asking where was Hitler born with his image before showing Austria as the answer.
Persons:
Adolf, ” Floris van Pallandt, Matt Larson, “, ” Larson, Hitler, Teresa Woodruff, ”
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YouTube, Michigan, Spartans, “ MSU, Michigan State, “, Trek, Spartan, AP
Locations:
LANSING, Mich, Michigan, Austria