This kind of person is always busy, because the lifestyle involves arranging things so you're always behind. Given plenty of time to complete a job, you wait until the last moment to start - guaranteeing a deadline rush. I know all about that kind of obsession. In an atmosphere like that, theoretical questions get lost. The operational reality, day after day, is to get the job done and beat the deadline and make things look as good as possible.
Positive feedback goes to people who deliver.
Yesterday's job is forgotten. He's one of the best in the business, but he's not especially good on camera. But he has been hired for the Washington bureau because he looks good and has a natural relationship with the camera. The Hunter character is only human. She is repelled by this guy's credentials, but she likes his body.