“…Poverty is a serious global social problem (Alcock, 2006), with disastrous consequences on the lives of millions in the world. However, coverage of the problem, including what might be called the surrounding industry that responds to it (NGOs, intergovernmental and international organizations), is easily distorted, erased, or naturalized in various ways by newspapers, broadcasts and other media vehicles (Pardo, April 2008;Silva, 2009;Pardo, 2012;Pardo, Noblía, 2015;Pardo, Noblia, 2016;Resende, 2016a). While poverty continues to be one of the most important global issues, as these facts indicate, it is also one of the most neglected (Lugo-Ocando, 2015: 15).…”