See this article from Fox News on the variety of off-color humor engaged in by the mainstream media in describing yesterday's anti-tax "tea parties." The 'humor' was directed at a segment of non-mainstream listeners who, being familiar with the practices referenced, would "get it."
The mainstream media is today doddering toward extinction. The Coroner's verdict will be suicide. When we hold the funeral for the MSM, one of the things mentioned in their eulogy will be a counterproductive tendency to abuse their readers and viewers. Another eulogy topic will be their disbelief when we didn't thank them for the abuse.
It's okay, MSM, just keep digging that hole deeper.