The reason Kari is so good handling the media by rubbing their nose in their gotcha questions is that she learned all their tricks working in that industry. Much like a hacker who reverses course and hacks the hacker
Yes, she knows the media from the people nside. But it’s more than that: she’s principled , courageous and not a corporate yes person. She even left the Republican Party during the Bush-McCain-Romney years because she opposed the Iraq war and the McCainiac foreign policy of the GOP in those years
Compare her to Pence who also was in the media - a talk show host before running for Congress. He has nothing original to say, never challenges media narratives , only tries to respond (weakly). And never thinks for himself outside of the party-dictated box and boundaries