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May 29, 2007
Big Donor Show
I wonder what Virginia Postrel would think of this?
TV Contestants Vie For Terminally Ill Patient's Kidney
Woman Will Choose One Of Three ContestantsPOSTED: 9:33 am EDT May 29, 2007
AMSTERDAM, Netherlands -- The outcome of a Dutch reality show could literally mean the difference between life and death.
The new TV show centers around a terminally ill woman who will choose one of three contestants to receive one of her kidneys after she dies.
TV executives said the "Big Donor Show" will highlight the country's shortage of organ donors.
Update, 6/4/07, from CBS News:
Dutch Organ Donor Reality Show A Hoax
Broadcaster Says Aim Was To Get More Attention For Issue Of Organ Donations(CBS/AP) A television show in which a woman would donate a kidney to a contestants was revealed as a hoax Friday. Presenters said they were trying to pressure the government into reforming organ donation laws.
At the last moment, presenter Patrick Lodiers of the "Big Donor Show" said the woman known as "Lisa" was an actress, not actually dying of a brain tumor as claimed.
The entire exercise was intended to pressure the government into reforming its organ donation laws and raise public awareness of the need for organs.
Posted by joke du jour at May 29, 2007 06:02 PM
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