http://archive2.mrc.org/taxonomy/term/15592/all en http://archive2.mrc.org/articles/goodbye-law-order-20-years-attacking-businesses-conservative-ideals <div class="field field-type-nodereference field-field-source"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> <div class="field-label-inline-first"> By</div> <a href="/author/julia-seymour">Julia A. Seymour</a> </div> </div> </div> <p>“Law &amp; Order,” the popular courtroom drama that concluded its 20^th and final season May 24, is a primetime TV legend. But the show that boasted its stories were “ripped from the headlines” often provided its viewers a distorted reality in which businesspeople were mostly portrayed as villains.</p><p>&nbsp;</p> <p>The Business &amp; Media Institute examined “Law &amp; Order,” along with other television dramas’ treatment of businessmen in 2005. BMI found that you were 21 times more likely to be kidnapped or killed by a businessman that a mobster. </p><p>&nbsp;</p><p><a href="http://archive2.mrc.org/articles/goodbye-law-order-20-years-attacking-businesses-conservative-ideals" target="_blank">read more</a></p> Articles MRC Business Business attacksonbusiness BadCompany BillO'Reilly CriminalIntent Law&Order NBC primetimeTV SpecialVictimsUnit TVdrama USA Wed, 26 May 2010 19:48:06 +0000 admin 27266 at http://archive2.mrc.org