I would add (from my days working at a newspaper) that a lot of journalists have inflated self-esteem. They are products of our school system which pushes self-esteem as a major skill in life.
Journalists often interview people who fight in wars, who fix jet engines, who perform surgery, run billion dollar companies, invent new technologies, etc. etc. The Journalists FEEL that, as crusading journalists, they are smarter than anyone they meet all day long. But, deep inside, they KNOW that their primary skill is typing.
They become angry people who want to turn the world upside down and hurt the people who outshine them.
Yes, it seems to be too true that many that get paid for doing very little look down on those that work hard, regardless of the pay.
Maybe that’s the only way they can rationalize and deflect attention to their minimal productivity.