Is this the peak of self-important access journalism?

From the New York Times' Tom Friedman, who campaigned for Biden to drop out of the race:

"As I watched and listened [to Biden's address to the nation], I remembered a lunch I had with him in May 2022 in the dining room next to the Oval Office. After we were done and he was walking me past the Resolute Desk..."

(No link from me...)