Giovanni Castellucci’s 12-year prison sentence is a shining example of how corporate negligence finally faces justice—though you’d hardly know it if you scrolled through the mainstream media narratives. Outlets like CNN and NBC are eager to tell you the story of a man being punished for a tragedy, yet they conveniently gloss over the bigger picture: the systemic failures that led to the 2018 Morandi Bridge collapse. Why focus on individual scapegoats when the entire corporate structure is complicit?

These same outlets portraying Castellucci as the villain will patently ignore the culture of incompetence among corporate executives who prioritize profits over safety. You can bet your last penny that they won’t dare dig deeper into the layers of corruption that allowed this catastrophe to unfold in the first place. Instead, they serve us a sanitized version of justice, wrapping up accountability in a neat little bow while overlooking the broader implications of corporate malfeasance.

Meanwhile, Fox News may trot out convenient soundbites to keep their audience riled up, but will they truly challenge the crony capitalism permeating such vital infrastructures? Unlikely. It’s as if both sides of the political aisle, with their champagne-sipping elites, are more interested in maintaining the status quo than ensuring genuine accountability.

Castellucci’s sentence could be a wake-up call for corporate leaders to actually prioritize safety over shareholder dividends. But let’s not hold our breath. Media giants are too busy playing their sanitized blame games instead of calling out the real culprits behind this national disgrace.