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Sunday, June 03, 2007

STOP PRESS!!!

Ha ha - remember the whole 'donor game show' thing? Turns out it was an elaborate hoax.

Ho ho - suckers! (That includes moi - I believed it too!)

7 comments:

KB said...

Yikes, I fell for it too. Another publicity stunt to make money no doubt. Arrrgggg. What's happening to the world M!!!!!!

mutters said...

I think it was probably to highlight the falling rates of donors in Holland.
Actually, they did say that - I assumed it was just to justify it but maybe that's all it was. It's hard to see how they'd make money from it - it would cost some to even nearly produce what was shown. Hmmm...

KB said...

It would do probably do both, raise awareness and make money for the network from the publicity.

K

mutters said...

Yeah, I suppose someone, SOMEwhere would be makin out of it...

Unknown said...

As a hoax -- it was not very funny.

Perhaps someone who really needed this organ was hoping that this might be the answer.
It's like hoax calls to the ambulance or fire service --- while the hoax is being attended to,someone could die because of it.
I can't say I appreciate that warped sense of humour.

morgetron said...

This was quite a way to get attention, but they've got it now!

mutters said...

Y'know - that's a fair point, G, false hope is VERY distressing.

It IS like a hoax call right enough. Suppose it needs to be weighed against how much awareness is lifted...as that's their claimed motivation.
Raises the issue of obligatory donation and all THAT entails.
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M.

Well, at least here! hoho...