why was noah bothered by the newspaper article about his father

The next morning, the story about Paine sinking the gambling book was on page one of the newspaper. Paine was apparently comparing himself to Nelson Mandela and was toying with the idea of a hunger strike. The article wasn't completely negative. Miles had written that Paine was passionate about the environment. Noah felt he was misquoted a bit but his mother assured him that it was obvious that he loved his father and had taken up for him.