"On the bread line"

In the UK many people live "on the bread line" but why are there shows on TV nowadays that people can watch showing what its like and what they do. Is this taking general interest to far? or is it harmless education?

I have mixed feeling about programs such as "Skint" and "Benefit Street". These programs show us all what its like to be lower class and "on the bread line". There are positives and negatives about these shows, such as the way it shows us that these people who live on the poverty line do show real love and care to there children, but on the other hand TV editors are constantly trying to show us only the bad things like the people being arrested and taking drugs etc.

Programs such as these are seen as popular culture almost everyone no matter there background as probably seen at least one show about poverty, but why? Is it because they a just curious or is it because they want to see if the stereotypes they have of these types of people are true. These people were probably asked if it was "OK" to follow there lives but are TV companies taking real life and turning it into fiction, personally I don't know but I think that the way they portray these people is morally wrong, they are just like you and me, they probably watch TV and check Facebook and twitter to see whats going on just like we do but that isn't portrayed in most of these programs. Was that edited out to make the show more appealing or was it for other reasons.