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In the second paragraph we are given that, 'In an era of hypermedia, with mobile phone paparazzi and Internet commentators constantly on the alert for ways to attract attention, it is worth noting that these attacks on the Madoff family were a sharp departure from the typical public reaction to cases of white- collar crime, going back more than a century. Of course, such criminals-confidence men, embezzlers, crooked politicians, fraudsters of all kinds-were attacked savagely by the press and the public when their crimes came to light. But their wives and children were almost never included in those attacks; rather they were almost always ignored or, at the very least, quickly left alone'.
Notice the sentences- these attacks on the Madoff family were a sharp departure from the typical public reaction and But their wives and children were almost never included in those attacks; rather they were almost always ignored or, at the very least, quickly left alone.
From this we can conclude that, that the treatment over the years of organized-crime defendants has changed.
Thus, the point the author has highlighted in the given passage is that the treatment over the years of organized-crime defendants has
changed.
Hence, option B is the correct answer.