The media hates the “ smarting up “ of intelligent conservative candates because it shows them for the ignorant fools that they truly are..
There is no “ weak chink “ for the enemy to get their spear of dagger in Ted Cruz’s armor...
The mass media are basically the sheep that were indoctrinated in College by Leftist pseudo-intellectuals, who were slightly more intelligent than the sheep they indoctrinated. The greatest advantage of having a Conservative candidate, who clearly operates at a markedly higher level, is that he can often set the media up, by phrasing something in a way that seems to offer them an opportunity--based upon their conditioned premises--to focus the attack in a manner that actually sets the candidate up to make a long-overdue point, even more effectively than would otherwise be possible.
This technique can be worth an enormous amount of free publicity, enabling the candidate to get far more effect for every dollar spent than his opponent.