Similarly, they don't realize that let's go brandon is both a critique of a senile pedo, but also the way that the media takes reality and tries to force it to be something else.

Their reporting on this was either hilariously self unaware, or they couldn't be caught acknowledging their contribution to the joke.

It might have been genuine ignorance. These are people that think that Fake News, only comes from Fox. They take themselves oh-so-seriously. I don't think many can admit to themselves that they are part of a propaganda network.