ABSTRACT
This chapter provides a discussion and critique of how we come to know about crimes of the powerful, offering examples of how the ten largest media companies around the world affect the production of this knowledge. We then critique the Hollywoodization of such crimes and violence and how media and films present corporate or state offenders. We suggest that news about violence and crime is largely distorted and mostly produced for profit or ratings, not for education and knowledge. We discuss how this has led to the public’s poor educational history with regard to crimes of the powerful and why people often do not think of this category of harm when the term crime comes to mind.
