Exploiting A News Story- 7

 

Exploitation is defined as the act of treating someone unfairly to benefit from their work. Taking advantage of someone and their work for your own benefit is a great example of exploitation. Exploitation in the news can be many things when it comes to the media. Many types of exploitation can happen in the news that could break and even make one's career. Exploitation is of course wrong because it degrades victims as well benefits others who don't deserve it.

Many articles and news stories carry exploitation. A news article on conversation.com has over 50 articles that touch bases on topics that relate to exploitation. An article that was posted on October 12th, 2017 exploited workers in Mexico. "Molar City" better known as Los Algodones had more than 500 aspiring dentists. The reporter gained access to "Medical Tourism" during his at the little town in New Mexico and did his research. He expressed how most people were happy to have good benefits when it came to medical and dental care. The exploitation was how some residents weren't too fond of how it all worked. According to the journalist's research from interviews with residents of Los Algodones, one person that was interviewed expressed how they see people who travel to Los Algodones expect to get free medical and dental care or cheaper treatment due to it being Mexico. Another interviewer expressed how it was a lot of racism in the industry as well as things being difficult to change.

Another news exploitation story touched base on the topic of what it is like to work and live illegally in Australia. Many workers were exploited over the fact of making illegal money away from their homes outside Australia to make money to support their families. The journalists exploited information referring to how workers were only tourists and didn't have the rights to be an employee in Australia. Not only were workers who had no work rights in Australia exposed, but so were Australians. Some Australians had the job to recruit workers outside of the country, workers who they know weren't able to afford work anywhere else.

The last article I reviewed and researched talked about women in South Africa who were rightfully sex workers of their own free will. Of course, it's degrading, but this is the type of exploitation that needs to be reported right? Women of South Africa who sex workers received decriminalization in the country which allowed them to continue to settle as prostitutes or escorts if they wanted to, though it is a crime. Decriminalization had become a big issue in South Africa. Prostitution was being justified if not still. The journalists expressed how amazed they were and even disturbed by seeing women who wanted to use their bodies as a meal ticket or profit.

The thing about exploitation in the news is, it can be offensive, but in rare cases, it should happen to help people see the truth behind other cultural societies. Though some stories are wrong to exploit certain people and countries, some things just need to be revealed so we can know what's taking place in our cruel and sometimes shocking world. From my perspective, I don't think that exploitation in the news or exploiting a certain news story is wrong unless it hurts or harms the victim who is a part of the story, however, I do believe for abnormal things to change in the world should be reported to save victims and stop harmful cultural practices.

https://theconversation.com/us/topics/exploitation-18686

https://www.stopthetraffik.org/about-human-trafficking/types-of-exploitation/