Modern Travel Writing: Political Correctness Gone Wild

I used to subscribe to several mainstream travel publications. Now I subscribe to none. Modern "professional" travel writers have disappointed me with their spinelessness and lack of objectivity one too many times. These people get paid to fly around and have sweet adventures--why is it so difficult for them to not completely suck at it?

I thought "edgy" was the big industry buzzword that all professional nonfiction writers were expected to remember. But every travel article I've read in the last few years has been about as edgy as an overweight kitten. Nobody writes anything negative anymore. The edgiest instances in the canon of modern mainstream travel writing are found when writers bash Disney World or Las Vegas for being too "touristy." Awesome observation, guys... you seriously get paid to do this? A professional culinary writer wouldn't get published if he slammed McDonald's for being "not being very gourmet", but these professional travel guys get away with making obvious (and pointless) references all the time.

Have we become so PC that even our travel writers are afraid to be honest? It's so hard to find negative information about anyplace that isn't a mainstream American "tourist" destination. News flash: the entire rest of the world isn't that much nicer than the US. So why is modern travel writing invariably comprised of positive, feel-good, everybody loves everybody else garbage?