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Originally posted by M73A
turning peoples suffering/ilness into something to get ratings and make money

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BNN broadcasts on a public TV station, they are not a commercial network. Although these days public channels need a minimum amount of viewers and money to survive too, but there is still a clear difference to when a commercial station like Talpa for example (the Dutchies will know what i mean) would make a show like this. I'm pretty sure i would have responded a lot different when Talpa made this show .

And like Cookie said... BNN's main reason for this show is to raise awareness for the shortage of organ donors because Bart de Graaf, the founder of BNN died at an age of 35 because of complications related to his kidney failure. A good donor kidney could have helped him.

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Originally posted by toddy
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/6699847.stm

surely one of the most sickening tv shows ever made

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Thats not right. A show like that should never be on air.

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Originally posted by Discrate
Thats not right. A show like that should never be on air.

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Honestly.... did you even read the article?
god.

Heh, good for awareness raising etc, albeit a little weird

think of it this way, they have a better chance winning an organ on that, than they do in a hospital dont they? [/not promoting it =p] it is a bit sick though.

If I needed a kidney transplant I would totally not join a reality tv show in order to receive it.

I think the term "reality tv" is misplaced for this. When people say reality tv i think of series like Big Brother, which is entirely different from a show that consist of just one single 90minute episode and where people aren't put together in an house with cameras filming whatever they do.

Sure they're raising awareness and all, but these are three peoples lives ultimately being influenced by advice from text messages of a tv audience.
Transplants and donations should be left in the hospitals, theres no need for this at all.

Erm... "terminally ill woman"... shouldn't she have two kidneys?

* andrewdodd13 didn't read the article cause he's already heard about it, and doesn't care

Yeah bit she can only give one away else she'll like, ya'know, die.

Unless they're not planning to give them the kidney till after she dies..??

In that case then their I don't see why their can't be two up for grabs