Saturday night live :(

[mykids247]

Here we go again. NBC must have a thing for hep c, they just did a skit talking about st. particks day and the statement was "Heprechaun"" and the other guy says whats a heprechaun and he says a leprechaun with Hep C. Wow now thats funny. Is it just because I am part of this or do tv shows use this alot. dont make fun of Hiv or cancer. But Hep C is fare ground? Sad :( Maybe its the white car thing. ya know you  buy a white car and all  of a sudden you see them everywhere. Hope thats the case.

[leebambee]

I also am disgusted with the jokes and ignorance. Unfortunately I'm not willing to expose myself and kids to scrutiny by being open with it. Things like this just add to it
..I was watching something (possibly with my kids) where the joke was let the poor people eat food and get hepatitis. They were referring to the B virus I guess. If I remember the movie/show, I will post but maybe someone else had seen it. No, its not funny.

[orphanedhawk]

Hep C has been in the news lately and to put a different spin on this, maybe some people will just by hearing about hep C, do a search and learn something ?
That's the optimist side coming out

However would they replace hep C with aids,
What do you call a gay guy on skates? Rollaids.
I heard that one back in the 80s.
We don't hear those anymore, now hep C is the butt of all jokes.

BTW: I don't go out of my way but I don't avoid and don't care who knows I have hep C, or had hep C. I tell my story as an example of what can happen. If anyone judges me because of that, well that's their problem.



  

[mykids247]

I just sent an e-mail to nbc, just really sick of this. Lets see a funny about Hiv or lung cancer. It would never happen!!!!!

[suezeeque]

There was an episode of "House" recently where someone else's hamburger was picked up, a warning of "She has HEP C" given, the hamburger dropped.

Yes, this is fiction...  It's a TV show...  But it does spread ignorance about HCV.  

Also an episode of "Up All Night" where a character was contemplating getting a tattoo...  "Does HEP C come with that or is it extra?"

I've told my family, friends and employer.  Anyone else, my health is none of their business.  Anyone who asked why I felt like crap while treating, "I'm being treated for a blood disorder."  I felt absolutely no need to be the poster girl for HCV and educate mere acquaintances about the disease.

[FaithforHealing]

This is the link to email NBC,  MSNBC & CNBC about SNL or any of their shows.
http://www.nbc.com/contact/general/

***@****  FOX

Become a member of the FOX Viewer Panel  http://surveys.researchresults.com/mrIWeb/mrIWeb.dll?I.Project=S1920001&i.user1=102

ABC shows
http://abc.go.com/site/contact-us

Hope everyone will copy, paste and save these somewhere for easy access. And also post an alert on this thread when you see something inappropriate.

[FaithforHealing]

No wonder there is a controversy amongst this community given the responses on the entitled "What to tell people?" thread. A lot of people want to hide their dx and apparently for good reasons (i.e., a lot of stereo-typing and misinformation) and others don't understand why.

It would be good to have a thread to document these incidents and start some letter writing, actually it's easier and just as effective to send emails.
I generally don't have access to TV and therefore I have missed these.

I'm curious to the objection on the "House" episode. Is it that the chance of HCV being sexually transmitted is so miniscule? Some people claim  the chance is not miniscule, but definitively zero. Anyone have the literature on that, and if so, why doesn't the CDC update their info, or the gastros & hepatologists I've seen? Where are people supposed to get reliable information?!?  

[mykids247]

and thats why we, well I didnt tell a soul except for my daughter and my son. Once you tell you  cant take it back,

[Dee1956]

I am so tired of the ignorance and the stigma
I hope that it will some day change
I remember in the past 6 months or so that SNL did another skit that was in poor taste.  It is as if HCV is being looked at like cancer used to be then HIV
How can people be like that?  Hey maybe that is why my immediate family is no longer speaking to me.
Best wishes to all of you
D

[suezeeque]

There seems to be a reference to HCV made every week on SNL.  Last night I began to wonder if they'd received so many complaints about an episode that they are now making an effort to include these jokes...

[pjhep62]

there was also an episode of House where it was totally misrepresented, this guy was in jail or something and contracted it but would not tell anyone anything about how he got it and it turns out he is gay and thats how he got it the whole episode indicated that's how you get it ... they shouldnt be allowed to spread that kind of misinformation but what can you do...

[pjhep62]

@ faith, myk is right, it is happening more and more... watched an episode of 2 broke girls the other day they had to go to a free dental clinic and well guess what they kept talking about catching hep c ... ha ha ha not even a little funny...

i think the reason is because #1 its not an automatic death sentence and #2 a lot of people on the fringes of society are the ones who have it... drug addicts are easy to make fun of...

im writing a letter

lol

[GoofyDad]

I had that happen to me. Everywhere I went, there was a white car. I finally figured out that it was my white car,,, .

[FaithforHealing]

I don't recall ever hearing HCV being made the butt of jokes and I've been a "white car" since 2003. Maybe I'm not paying attention? Seems I would notice and be sensitive to it.

I hope others weigh in on this this thread. I'd really like to know if it is all that prevalent. As far as I'm concerned one incidence is too prevalent. That's terrible and not funny, and I'm being objective as I don't have cancer or HIV and I would not find those funny either.

Let's see what we hear from others on this.