News stories like these blow everything out of proportion as usual. Ironically this story makes it sound as if every panhandler is a con artist - as if asking for money on a freeway entrance is desirable life position. I agree that giving money to charities is the best course of action as anyone that is down on the luck can use these resources. Even people that are truly down on their luck are mostly likely to abuse the use of the money. Give it to the Salvation Army so they can dole out food and sleeping. If I lived on the streets - chances are I'd be drunk half the time.

I think it's highly unethical that they gave the exact address of the woman panhandler for this story. There has to be a conscious decision to do this from an editorial standpoint and it did nothing to add to the story and was done to enable backlash?