I think some of the time they are lazy that they think they need not actually do any research to what he is actually doing because they believe they will not be challenged on it.
The media hopes no one is paying close attention. They have accomplished their goal tho of causing a general dissatisfaction with the president based on their unending harping and repeating of negative hateful rhetoric.
The phony polls are touted by FNC and that doesn't help either.
Even when it has been pointed out that the poll was overweighted with democrats, Tony Snow will continue to use the poll as a basis for criticizing the President.
Wouldn't be so bad if the President was just lolly-gagging about. The man has more on his shoulders than any president since Roosevelt during the second world war.