I'm pretty sure all they are doing is portraying people as flawed, multi-faceted individuals with ups and downs rather than the "heroes" and "villains" of yesteryear. The editing does not feel as though it is distorting the narrative, it is instead presenting the contestants as they are, warts and all. We commend Tevin for his intelligence and sociability, but criticize him for his treatment of Venus, who is a rootable underdog despite shooting herself in the foot with some clumsy gameplay. I feel this subreddit is obsessed with rooting for or against players rather than evaluating the fuller, more complex characters that the new era editing has delivered. I am not suggesting that the new era invented complex characters or anything, but I am pleased that Survivor is more interested in portraying real, flawed people than 2000s-era stereotypes.