Sadly their collective audience finds this humorous.
They will complain about Abu Graib ( panties on the head ) and then promote this deviate maneuver as humor.
Lord knows what their private lives entail.
Trouble is, to large extent, that politics in this country is getting to be like football. Hooray for our side, the other side can go to hell. Or maybe Euro soccer is a better comparison, with the media types as hooligans.