TV Show The Bill (that one about the coppers that used to be good years ago, but which went pants when it became just another soap opera) got into hot water last week. They featured a story about a MS sufferer and in the course of the programme mentioned a drug called Plavitron.
Apparently, they’ve now been called “grossly irresponsible” because they made this drug up and have “misled” a number of people with the disease about available treatments.
I’m sorry but The Bill is not a factual programme; it is not reporting truth. It’s a drama – you know, made up – and as such has no responsibility to be at all accurate in what it portrays. While I don’t wish to mock the afflicted, some people obviously need a reality check.
But, I believe everything I read in The Sun/see on TV/read on the Internet and get told by conspiracy theorists.
I still Call Kylie Minogue “Charlene” ‘cos it’s quite obvious that’s she’s just a multiple personality and Charlene is reality, not just a character on a TV show.
It constantly amazes me what people will believe just because they “saw it on TV”.
@Collin:
And did you know, some of the people that die on telly don’t really die? I don’t know how it’s possible, but it is! They just move from Walford to Wetherfield.