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My local news station likes to do these specials about the "supposedly homeless" where they follow people who ask for handouts by the highway and film them goin
by intopieces 12y ago
My local news station likes to do these specials about the "supposedly homeless" where they follow people who ask for handouts by the highway and film them going in to their homes and also film them through their front windows. I challeged the reporter on the ethics of this and she told me, 'It's perfectly legal.' While technically true, is that really a good source of justification?
- michaelfeathers 12y agoI hear that argument all the time and my response is: "Just because you have a right doesn't make it right."
- emiliobumachar 12y agoIf the beggars actually pretend to be homeless, I think they're fair game for being exposed. But asking for handouts by itself is not pretending to be homeless.