So now we know - the Dutch reality TV show in which viewers were to help decide who received an organ transplant has turned out to be a hoax.
The "dying woman" supposedly deciding which of the three contestants would get a kidney donated by her, was revealed to be an actress. However the contestants wanting a transplant were genuine, although they were in on the act.
The programme makers argued the show highlighted the shortage of organ donors in the Netherlands. In this respect they succeeded. The controversy over the ethics of De Grote Donorshow (The Big Donor Show) spread far beyond the shores of the Netherlands (and also fooled a certain London-based blogger....but I digress). As clever publicity stunts go, this is the crème de la crème.
However when one considers TV programmes like the public autopsy in 2002, the one-off Russian Roulette stunt in 2003 and this year's "Wank Week" (a series of documentary programmes about masturbation, which was later abandoned by the broadcaster) - is it any wonder that we so cynical about today's society in general that we actually believe TV could scrape the barrel in the name of "entertainment"?
TV kidney competition was a hoax
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