They don't "listen" to any one. They pull their stories from dark places that civilized people don't discuss.
They're better than everyone else don't you know? That's why they don't feel they have to listen to the peons beneath them. The dark places they pull their stories from is the empty space in their brains. Jayson Blair is a prime example of a journalist today. Why go out and track down a story when you can sit at a bar, drink the afternoon away, and phone in your phony story...all while being on company time.