Now this is bad...

[The Chain]

The FOX affiliate in Sioux City, IA sent their anchor out to be "homeless" for a day. All they had the guy do is sit around and ask for money at a few places around town (I wonder if the homeless have cars too, to get them around town nice and quick?). The good though...they're donating the $4.27 they netted to charity.

http://www.kpth.com/global/video/popup/pop_player.asp?ClipID1=1946658&h1=A%20Day%20in%20the%20Life%20of%20Sioux%20City%2 7s%20Homeless&vt1=v&at1=News&d1=173567&LaunchPageAdTag=News&activePane=info&playerVersion=1&hostPageUrl=http%3A//www.kpth.com/Global/category.asp%3FC%3D102759%26nav%3Dmenu622_2&rnd=52151942

[newz2me]

That's not as bad as this. At least he didn't serve homeless folks beer. Read below.
http://openline.medialine.com/showthread.php?t=18743

[Pro]

Paul McCartney once did that. He dirtied himself up, let his stubble grow for a few days and played a beat up guitar on a London street corner for a night as part of the (bad) movie he made in 1984. He said no one recognized him and was able to get quite a few people to toss money into his open guitar case (which he donated to the Seaman's Mission).

[Newsie627]

Walter Jacobsen did the story a few years ago. They posted the video online recently, watching it again as a journalist I think he did a great job.

[!]

Saw the same thing done 20 years ago.

Nothing like "news" that's been done before poping up in different markets.

[bw3508]

WTAE's Wendy Bell in Pittsburgh did a similar story a few years back.

http://www.thepittsburghchannel.com/video/4441079/index.html