You seem to merge two different points. Not reading based on sloppiness is defensible. Not reading based on the author's resume less so.
When "sloppiness" is defined as "did anything on my personal list of pet peeves" (and it often is) then the defensibility of the two begin to converge.
When "sloppiness" is defined as "did anything on my personal list of pet peeves" (and it often is) then the defensibility of the two begin to converge.