"This is not news" news

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This kind of "not news" really bothers me.
Didn't this used to be reserved for tabloids in the supermarket checkout line?

Washington (CNN) President Barack Obama was irked and exasperated in response to his successor's uncorroborated wiretapping accusation, sources close to the former president tell CNN, though these sources say Obama's reaction stopped short of outright fury.

Obama and his aides responded with disbelief when they learned of President Donald Trump's Saturday morning tweets laying out the charges.

They even add the picture of the person's face making the expression that matches the narrative.