Pass themselves off as serious journalists? Now you are simply making things up. Rush in particular says that he is an "entertainer". As to your acid test, the butt of a joke rarely finds it funny. It just so happens that with Ann, you sir, are the butt.
Fox News brings on Rush not as an entertainer, but as a journalist.....he advocates that people not think but rather listen only to what he opines, and the ditto heads certainly comply with his command. Mark Twain, Will Rogers, went after all politicians.....even modern day late night talk shows hosts like Jay Leno, Letterman, etc. go after both parties, with wit. Ann is not witty, just a hate monger and hatchet lady for the right, who when called on her bs just giggles and says "I am just a girl, I am just kidding."
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