That's a very interesting piece of Vance's moral philosophy, and Trumpy philosophy in general: You shouldn't fire somebody for doing bad things, but for being a "bad dude". What you do is entirely separate from what you are. (Unclear how we judge a dude's badness without referring to his actions.)
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Journalists are bad by definition, so when they report a fact accurately that is "trying to destroy people" and must not be "rewarded".