Why is she so angry?

Caroline Kennedy seemed to get quite angry at a New York Times Reporter in interview and questioned their journalism talents. I can understand where she is coming from after all it is the New York Times, but why is she so defensive?

The potential next U.S. senator from New York tells the city's biggest newspaper that their reporters aren't such a crack political team. She compared them to reporters from women's magazines. This was meant to be an insult to the New York Times reporters in all actuality it was an insult to anyone who ever wrote an article in a woman's magazine.

Can someone please explain to me how this woman could possibly be qualified for this position? Throughout the last couple of months of the 2008 election all you heard was how Palin was not qualified. So to all the Dems out there that thought that please explain to me what the hell is the difference!