Probably has a bit to do with how few people were working remote before versus now.
WFH was absolutely not a common thing for average workers per-COVID. Some did it, sure, but that was not even up for consideration for a huge percent of workers. So since businesses had really no choice, a lot of them just went along for the ride and tried it out. The media went along with it and played it up as the Next Big Thing.
But clearly many people abused the policy and aren’t being as productive as they once were, so now the media is reflecting that reality and running negative stories…