In a world of sick, you get sick and adapt.
So he's not any more warped than your average happy-go-lucky-faker, kiss-ass, corporate employee.
We play the cards we are dealt, I suppose. It's not easy being an idealist in a one-track-minded world. It's easy to play the blame game. But if you haven't been put to the test, you don't know how you would react. Eating cinnabons in class and theorizing about reality is a lot different from actually living in it - you know; get up early, go to a braindead job, paying your bills, try not to get depressed
-G p disco rulla hatt, med SunTrip varje natt-

Even in the movie he at least feigns concern for the tributes. During the interviews
he tries to emphasize each tribute's story. For him it's all about the show.

Really? I wonder how Tucci took that left handed compliment.
God is subtle, but He is not malicious. (Albert Einstein)

He is characterized differently in the book and the movie. In the book Katniss actually praises him for helping tributes attract sponsors, and he is not involved in commentating the Games (that's a separate character). In the movie he is sleazy and superficial.
Interestingly, an editorial in the Times yesterday actually referred to a superficial TV commentator as "a Caesar Flickerman". Sounds like he has become iconic.