If what these people say is true, I think they have every right to make fun of them. Also if some one is bothered by the writing of the reporter and his assistant, I would ask them to evaluate their behavior. I would ask this because; one, the things they say are so far off base that there is no way in hell it could really be true, and two, if it does bother them then there could be a form of truth they are trying to hide.