Thirty years from now, Hannity will be getting a tin medal from whomever is Reichsmarschall of the ex–United States by that point, which will identify him, not Rush, as “America’s anchorman.” The kind of person who becomes a media institution, and spends retirement accepting awards and honorary doctorates, is the person who doesn’t have private thoughts or interests. We want that person’s mind full of brand names and framed pictures with ex-presidents. We want the person who can confess to Parade magazine that Cinnabon fumes “have a hold over me like crack cocaine would over an addict” because
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