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Kann
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In europe we have a well known producer of reality shows called endemol. People may, or may not like reality shows, sometimes you still wonder what is going on in the head of these people :
"The Big Donorshow" slated to go on air Friday has stirred controversy in the Netherlands and abroad. BNN, a channel aimed at young people, is screening the show on the fifth anniversary of the death of its founder, Bart de Graaff. He died after spending seven years on a waiting list for a kidney transplant.
The attention the show has received worldwide has put the question of organ donation and a system to register donors on the international agenda, says BNN.
"Bart de Graaff would have loved it," Drillich said.
The show was dreamt up by Endemol, the Dutch production company behind Big Brother and other reality television shows.
It focuses on Lisa, a 37-year-old woman dying of a brain tumour. She must decide which of three patients selected by the producers, aged between 18 and 40, should receive her kidney. Viewers can offer their opinions by SMS text message.
Despite a vow from the Dutch transplant foundation that the possible kidney transplant stemming from the show will not be carried out in one of their nine special transplant centres, Drillich said it will go ahead.
The rest is here :
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20070530/ennew_afp/entertainment_070530224050
Appart from the uselessness of the show (even if Lisa chooses a reciever it doesn't mean he will in fact recieve the kidney), doesn't it present a big moral problem? The government won't censor this show and I agree with that, but on the other hand I don't want to live in a society where kidneys are up for grabs by sms.
"The Big Donorshow" slated to go on air Friday has stirred controversy in the Netherlands and abroad. BNN, a channel aimed at young people, is screening the show on the fifth anniversary of the death of its founder, Bart de Graaff. He died after spending seven years on a waiting list for a kidney transplant.
The attention the show has received worldwide has put the question of organ donation and a system to register donors on the international agenda, says BNN.
"Bart de Graaff would have loved it," Drillich said.
The show was dreamt up by Endemol, the Dutch production company behind Big Brother and other reality television shows.
It focuses on Lisa, a 37-year-old woman dying of a brain tumour. She must decide which of three patients selected by the producers, aged between 18 and 40, should receive her kidney. Viewers can offer their opinions by SMS text message.
Despite a vow from the Dutch transplant foundation that the possible kidney transplant stemming from the show will not be carried out in one of their nine special transplant centres, Drillich said it will go ahead.
The rest is here :
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20070530/ennew_afp/entertainment_070530224050
Appart from the uselessness of the show (even if Lisa chooses a reciever it doesn't mean he will in fact recieve the kidney), doesn't it present a big moral problem? The government won't censor this show and I agree with that, but on the other hand I don't want to live in a society where kidneys are up for grabs by sms.
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