This tactic is often used to get attention. There was outrage about this in the late 2000s when reality TV/talk show series followed people in a particular pove

This tactic is often used to get attention. There was outrage about this in the late 2000s when reality TV/talk show series followed people in a particular poverty stricken area in the UK. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benefits_Street https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benefits_Street https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Jeremy_Kyle_Show https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Jeremy_Kyle_Show https://www.imdb.com/title/tt5455122 https://www.imdb.com/title/tt5455122 I remember thinking at the time that these were quite exploitative.