What’s wrong with them is that they’re shallow conformists who got their jobs because they have good social skills and tell people what they want to hear. People who speak Truth to Power also do that to their bosses, while their conformist coworkers suck up and get the better jobs. Plus, it really does help for reporters to be friendly talkers, since it’s hard for anti-social cranks to get good interviews.
But this is why we need TPM more than ever, because the Pod People took over the media in the late 80’s and we’re still dealing with it. These people like liberal policies in theory, but like Republicans personally because they were hatched from the same pod and think alike.