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Originally Posted by Ammi

..that's not what I said though, that people on benefits aren't sometimes often portrayed in a negative way but that to also stereotype a public mindset as 'trash' is exactly the same as thing being objected to..?..in the same way as the majority of people on benefits are genuine..there is also a vast public who realise that and realise the slant of it/the programmes etc...


..I'll ignore the last little condescending bit of your post ...

This is a stretch Ammi - I can't possibly be stereotyping or condemning "the entire public mindset" as, oddly enough, I am also a member of the public.

I am condemning the mindset of people who give these shows an audience as having a trashy mindset, and in supplying that audience, giving these trashy channels financial incentive to continue making these trashy shows.

I very much doubt it managed to scrape out a million viewers. Hardly the entire public, is it? But the point is, it is ENOUGH of the public to continue the undercurrent of distaste and villification surrounding benefits. One viewer is too many.