Why the bad rap?

Ever since I bought ETH and I've been reading about the blockchain and milestones, there's this general bad rap about Ethereum in most media. The previous cycle it was about how every single project was going to be the "ethereum killer". This cycle is about how "ethereum is slowly dying and won't make a comeback" or if it does, it would be noticeable weaker than any other. Besides the L1 fees, what else can be that hateful for press to be so hard on Ethereum?