This is an absurd take. What would you have them do aside from call out a publicly bad actor explicitly? Seems like you are bending over backwards for a bad take.
Everyone who works in the media industry knows that will happen -- and I know some people who work in that industry. Even teenagers do this on social media all the time, based on an instinctive understanding of social status.
Take it or leave it, or even better, provide a rebuttal with real evidence rather than a childish emotional response!
The relative status ye. But the absolute status of banks as a group decline.
E.g. used cars salesmen. A honest one's reputation are ruined from the moment they open the store due to bad actors.