re: How did we end up with a beat writer who actively roots against their beat?

Back in the day, he simply told it like it was and a lot of fans unjustly didn't like him for that. At the time I thought it was refreshing actually that he didn't pump the sunshine when it wasn't warranted. I don't know exactly when, but over time he moved away from that and doubled down on clickbait. IDK, maybe he has a daughter that wound up being one of Leslie Miles's "PM Girls", but his strategy for clicks is 100% to irritate a fanbase to get those clicks. He's no journalist.