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nevadamedic
06-02-2007, 03:50 AM
• Dutch reality TV contest to choose organ recipient was fake, producers say
• Program meant to call attention to shortage of donor organs, they say
• Supposedly ill "donor" actually a healthy actress; "contestants" real
• Idea of a contest to choose an organ recipient had sparked outrage

http://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/europe/06/01/kidney.show.reut/index.html

How outrageous!