A Massachusetts couple just hit the jackpot with eBay’s $46 million payout after some ex-employees decided to unleash a deluge of cockroaches and a bloody pig mask on them. Now, let’s unpack how this has been covered—or misrepresented—by the so-called mainstream media. Outlets like CNN and NBC are framing this as merely a “quirky” case of workplace harassment gone wrong. But let’s not kid ourselves: this is a classic example of corporate intimidation and the grotesque lengths to which some employees will go to silence dissent.

What’s really galling is the lack of accountability for high-level executives at eBay. Instead of pointing fingers at the systemic issues within the company that permitted this behavior, corporate media is all too happy to sensationalize the bizarre details and distract us from the broader implications of workplace culture. Where’s the hard-hitting journalism? The kind that digs into why this harassment was allowed to fester in the first place? Instead, we get a sensationalized story that paints this couple as the wacky victims of a bizarre prank. But we all know it’s much deeper than that.

Furthermore, as eBay hands over a whopping $46 million, we should be asking what protections exist for whistleblowers and victims of workplace abuse. It’s no surprise that Fox News will likely keep downplaying this incident while focusing on outrage about other far less serious issues. The double standards in corporate media are astounding, aren’t they?