When did legit media questions become 'an attack'?

Poor Al Gore.

Despite being $100 million richer after selling Current TV to Al Jazeera, the former vice president just can't catch a break. Politico worries that Gore isn't the "media darling" he used to be.

From “Today” to “Morning Joe” to “Late Show with David Letterman” to “The Daily Show,” Gore has come under attack by his interviewers for his decision to sell Current TV to Al Jazeera.

"Come under attack"?

Woah--just watch these rapid-fire hard-line "gotcha" questions Gore had to tackle from the rabid media:

Asking legit questions of an environmental nut who sold his business to a media company backed by fossil fuel sales is the equivalent of an "attack" these days?