The article demonstrates how much less the cost of food is when shopping at discount food stores, such as ones devoted to the underprivileged. This is all in good taste when demonstrating how much the economy is struggling, and what people are doing to make ends meet. However the picture from The Newsleader of the shoppers with their food seen below seems to exploit them, stereotyping them as the poor citizens who will stoop to shopping at the discount food store. Even if those people didn't mind having their picture out there for all to see, it seems to show little compassion for them.
I also felt that the way the article was set up was not entirely unethical. "Seeing others show up...is a sign The Kitchen isn't just focused on the displaced or poverty-stricken during the economic downturn,"said Kitchen representative Lisa Hamaker in the article. While it wasn't altogether biased, it seemed to imply that the "displaced or poverty-stricken" were not the main concern of these kitchens anymore. Perhaps the article was being written for the middle to higher class, not the impoverished. But this doesn't seem like the most ethical thing to be promoting.Liberty High School Journalism teacher Anne Bertoldie, of Liberty, Mo., agreed that this story could have been handled differently. "A good journalist should be aware that anyone could read their work. You should never justify someone else's dignity for the sake of a good story. Good stories will come into play if you're looking for the right news," said Bertoldie.
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