"A gaggle of blubbing, gushing, babbling groupies"

This is well-put by Gerard Baker in The Times re the inauguration of Joe Biden and the media: 

Those solemnly self-important purveyors of facts in a post-truth world were a gaggle of blubbing, gushing, babbling groupies. The BBC’s journalists, whose presence in Washington must have rivalled that of the National Guard, seem to have been given yet another holiday from their supposed obligation to impartiality as they waxed at length about the “historic” scene and its “healing” power.