[ghaff]

It can simultaneously be true that:

- College students can be entitled and whiny

- Organic chemistry is especially difficult for a lot of people

- Semi-retired researcher may not be a great lecturer/teacher for a big hall full of freshmen

[bastawhiz]

None of those things are especially newsworthy. They sound like Onion headlines on their own. But when one or more of them happen which could be framed in a way that incenses the public, it becomes a news story because that's how you make money in journalism in 2022.