I'm not on the current version so I'll let others chime in about whether or not you have something strange going on in your game, but if you are playing "normally" your scout could very well be off on all these guys you are talking about. If you haven't already checked the ratings via commish mode or temporarily turning your scout accuracy up to 100%, you might check there first.
I swear in old versions my scout would always randomly LOVE some real bums
and not just because they were toolsy or skillsy or whatever.