“He does not look at the stories online as he does them.”
If that’s your defense of Rush so be it. I don’t believe it.
I have often heard Rush mention a Drudge headline as it appears. He watches his ex girl friends on CNN live too. Comments about them as the show is being aired.
Rush uses the media and his staff to present current news.
He doesn’t just rely on his stack of stuff.
I guess you have made up your mind regardless of the other possibilities.