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You ever read about the newspaper headlines in Paris during the Seventh Nepoleonic War, when Napoleon escaped from Elba and began marching toward Paris?
They start off with headlines like "The Tyrant has returned to wage war on a terrified population." Then switch to more neutral language like "Napoleon takes Laffrey and continues his march toward Paris". And finally, upon his arrival "The glorious emperor Napoleon returns to Paris amidst cheers from an overjoyed populace"
Same concept, they're afraid of saying anything negative now that he is fully set to reassume power.