What do you call it when they don't see how they have swerved into self-parody?

I am certain the Germans have a six syllable long word for it.

Murtha to Receive JFK Profile in Courage Award
(CNSNews.com) - Rep. John Murtha (D-Pa.), the subject of a recent Cybercast News Service investigation into his military and political record, will receive the John F. Kennedy Profile in Courage Award for his stance against the Iraq war. Full Story