It’s because they offer their audience the license to feel virtuous while engaging in oppression. “I’m not racist, I’m calling it like it is.” “I’m not transphobic, it’s just a joke.” “I’m not classist, poor people need to work harder.”https://twitter.com/davidfrum/status/1321879510669811713 …
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You want to know why there’s a confederacy of assholes in America? Because the fourth estate failed to police itself for decades (see FOX News being regarded as an actual news source and treated as colleagues), and decided page clicks were more important than corruption.
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(Granted, there are a whole host of other factors that play into this, including the Republican gutting of education policy contributing to an overall decline in critical thinking, but when you won’t call a lie a lie, that one’s on you.)
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