They cover the Obamas like they are still the first family..."he said, she thinks, they attended, etc.", while pretty much ignoring or trashing the actual First Family.  Your analogy is so spot on and it goes to show how delusional the entire MSM is.  They really think they can create truth out of delusion because they are so out of touch with reality.  It is as if two seperate realities exist.  Very weird.