Dutch transplant TV show is a hoax
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A television show in which a woman would donate a kidney to a contestants was revealed as a hoax Friday, with presenters saying they were trying to pressure the government into reforming organ donation laws.
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I have no problem with the photograph but why would you bother publishing the story of a complete waste-of space family in the first place? Giving such people any publicity is something you and all media should be ashamed of.
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Media & professional: Scientists disprove claims made in controversial Channel 4 programme of natural explanation for global warming.
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Channel bids to win back trust from viewers following the spate of recent 'TV fakery' scandals.
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THE BBC was forced to apologise yesterday after being duped by sophisticated internet hoaxers into reporting that victims of the Bhopal disaster were to receive $12 billion compensation.
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The Dutch prime minister said a  reality television show about a &quot;dying&quot; woman donating her  kidneys, which turned out to be a hoax, was not the most  suitable way of highlighting the need for more organ donors.
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A much-criticised Dutch TV hoax featuring a "competition" for a kidney boosts the number of organ donors.
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A Hamburg newspaper that reported last  week on a computer company manager who said he fired three  non-smokers because they had threatened disruptions after  asking for a smoke-free environment said on Monday the story  was a hoax.
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Hoaxers imitated the BBC news website on the Internet, including a fake announcement that King Carl XVI Gustaf of Sweden had been assassinated in Athens while attending the Olympic Games, according to reports.
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'Out of date' skit binned Comic Relief organisers have canned a Question of Sport spoof featuring Celebrity Big Brother "contestant" Jade Goody.â¦
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A media exhibit featuring a campaign for a fake drug to treat a fictitious illness is causing a stir because some people think the illness is real.
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A Dutch reality television show in which a supposedly dying woman had to decide one of three contestants to whom she would donate a kidney was a hoax, the program makers said on Friday.
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A Dutch priest confesses to making a hoax bomb threat to try to stop a Madonna concert in Amsterdam.
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A Dutch doctors' association asked its members Friday not to take part in a TV show in which a terminally ill woman is to select from among three contestants to receive one of her kidneys.
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Let's have a show of hands TV wit Stephen Colbert has had more fun at the expense of Wikipedia with another deeply ironic prank.â¦
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Fake phone contest scandal resurfaces with another alleged case of viewer deception.
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Elliot Greenebaum's hardheaded comedy has the guardedly facetious tone of a fake documentary.