Sophistry sounds pretty good until you analyze it. The Bee makes a lot of people say “Wait a minute....” It also fools a lot of people because some of its headlines are plausible, these days.
Now that Rush has gone to his reward, his torch has been passed to others. They spluttered over Rush all the time. Now they splutter over Babylon Bee, Greg Guttfeld, and some of the comedians (Yes! There are funny comedians!!!) on Dry Bar. The golden age of conservative satire is just beginning. The chakra has reopened for laughter.