HAS EZRA KLEIN GONE VILLAGER?

I was reading Avedon's The Sideshow and I followed one of her links and found this statement about Ezra Klein:

Which finally brings me to Ezra Klein’s piece last week in the Washington Post, in which he bends over backwards to minimize the uniquely malevolent influence the Kochs have exerted on the American public. Keep in mind here that Ezra Klein, though he passes for what the Washington Post considers “liberal,” is an old friend of Megan McArdle’s, and David Weigel’s. And Ezra is a colleague of Weigel’s (Slate is owned by the Washington Post).

Ezra’s shine-job, headlined “How powerful are the Koch brothers?” does its Beigeist best to muddle the reader’s head into believing that, yeah, the Kochs are kinda bad ‘n stuff, but hey, it’s just how things are:

This stuck me as a little severe but later I came across this mention of Mr. Klein in Esquire:

(Writing at The Washington Post, the normally judicious Ezra Klein began his analysis of Ryan's proposal: "Ryan is the kind of politician I fundamentally like. He's smart, policy-oriented and willing to take political risks — but only, it turns out, of a certain kind." Jesus, kid, don't be so tough on the poor bastard.

So I have to ask: Have we lost Ezra to the Zombies who cover for the Dark Side?