Poverty TV: Hit UK show stirs welfare debate

http://www.myfoxdc.com/story/24528998/poverty-tv-hit-uk-show
-stirs-welfare-debate#axzz2rFMvBl00

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And "Benefits Street" is the hottest in a growing genre of reality shows about the poor that has been dubbed "poverty porn" because of its sensationalist nature.

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comment by jap69

I just posted a documentary not too long ago about children and families in the clutches of poverty.