Petty individual crimes are headlined in our News. Meanwhile,the systemic nature of crime is ignored. The reasons individuals are driven to crime aren’t explored. attention to property and physical crimes ignores the biggest of af all crimes and the widest damage done. What drives individuals and corporations is significantly different. How and the extent they are  policed and punished is too.

Corporate media is running constant, sensationalized stories about shoplifting — while ignoring the food insecurity and generalized desperation that is driving many people to shoplift.

Source: The Media’s Breathless Shoplifting Coverage Ignores the Misery That Drives Theft