Hollywood, TV, and Business

Many people have noticed and complained that business people are usually depicted in American movies and TV shows (including news shows) as villains.  The usual explanation is that  the industry is controlled by leftists whose work displays their ideology.  While that is well supported by evidence, I think there may be another important reason for the bias. 

When one sees  a priest or preacher denounce all humanity as inherently base, wicked, and damnable, it is fair and useful to remember that the human being he knows best is himself.  When one sees a white American leftist denounce white Americans as vile, pampered, exploitive,  racial bigots who do not deserve anything they have, it is fair and useful to remember that the white American he knows best is himself.  Similarly when one sees people in the movie and TV business  depict  business people as vicious, scheming, unprincipled, hypocritical, brutal phonies and scoundrels, it is fair and useful to remember the business they know best is their own.

While the opinions of business they present are false about  the business world in general,  they  could be accurate and justified takes on business as practiced in  the  industry in which  they live and work  - one dominated by its Kevin Spaceys, Harvey Weinsteins, and Matt Lauers.  There they have direct experience and might know what they are talking about.