I think you laid out nicely why I stopped paying attention to both NYT and WaPo. They might be the best newspapers in the country and the "paper of record" but

I think you laid out nicely why I stopped paying attention to both NYT and WaPo. They might be the best newspapers in the country and the "paper of record" but there's way too much of this shaping the story to a desired narrative rather than the facts that happens. It's sad, because there are so many stories out there in the world that need to be told. Each of the examples you gave has way more interesting subject matter - how many young people are supporting family? How did a young person attain financial stability so quickly? How does a young man making well below average manage to save so much? And on and on. But it likely caters to their demographics and/or people buying newspapers (or - whoever paid to submarine this story) to spin that young people today are lazy and not saving. Yawn.