Generally, these "benefits bashing" programmes are carefully constructed and edited to produce a specific desired effect - in this case, to make people think that everyone on benefits is living the high life and defrauding the government, choosing not to work and practically taking their money out of the wallets of hard working people.
In reality, anyone with an ounce of common sense knows this is not true. It's ironic really, as I know a couple that were on full benefits not 5 years ago, for a good 5+ years, before finally getting out of it (only by benefit of a handout from a parent of a free house). They now post regularly on fb about the dreadful scroungers and do repeated "benefits bashing" when they are talking. Nevermind that they themselves lived on benefits for quite some time. How quickly we forget, eh?
When DD was young, I had to work 3 jobs in order to pay for everything (medical office during day, medical transcription at home at night, and cleaning an office on weekends). It was exhausting, but I had to do it to pay for things. I eventually added playing organ for 5 masses a week for a local Catholic church (I'm not Catholic - they needed an organist and the job paid well). Would I do it again in those circumstances? Yes, because that was what needed to be done.
Now, however, I am in receipt of benefits - my DS1 is disabled and my life is much more complicated and tied up in carer duties. I'm not happy with it, but I have to do what is best for my DCs.
It'd be nice to think that people could be reasonable and not judge, however, from experience I know that they do. And these types of programmes only serve to make people think it's okay to do so openly as well. Very divisive. I wonder if the government realises this type of division of the country will simply destroy it from the inside.