Grover is now a reporter. Journalists are not optimistic.

Grover, the furry blue Muppet from “Sesame Street,” is known to have had many jobs over the years, including astronaut and dentist. Now he's apparently a journalist.

“As a news reporter, I always do my research before breaking a story,” he wrote Monday X. “I'm sure I can report that you are so special and wonderful!”

Some fellow journalists welcomed him into the profession, albeit with some criticism of the reliability of his reporting and his professionalism. “Who are your sources,” wrote Danielle Kurtzleben, a reporter at National Public Radio, who published an article separate news item about Grover's foray into journalism.

Others predicted his career would be short-lived given the dire state of the news industry, which has been hit by relentless rounds of layoffs and closures in recent months and has also struggled with reader fatigue.

“I regret to report that a hedge fund has since bought Grover's paper and fired him,” wrote SP Sullivan, a reporter at NJ.com.

“Unfortunately, Grover was fired for not meeting his quota of three floors per day.” said Scott Nover, a contributing writer for Slate.

Grover's staff at Sesame Workshop, the nonprofit behind “Sesame Street,” did not immediately respond to questions about the status of his employment. But with his experience and his hustle (he has offered its services as a “professionally trained referee” for ESPN host Stephen A. Smith and his self-portrait at the Metropolitan Museum of Art), he may find it easier than most to switch industries if necessary.

Grover, eager to help even if sometimes incompetent, may have only wanted to cheer people up with his post. But it inadvertently highlighted the increased uncertainty journalists have felt in recent months, even in an industry struggling to stay afloat in the digital age.

Since October, Bloomberg, The Washington Post, The Los Angeles Times and The Wall Street Journal have all lost jobs – sometimes hundreds. The Messenger, a well-funded online news outlet with offices in Washington, announced last month that it would close after less than a year in business.

The dark humor journalists who targeted Grover reflected their own feelings about their “doomed industry,” said Cam Wilson, a reporter for Australian news channel Crikey, who commented on X about the Muppet's new job.

“I feel so down about the state of journalism that it makes me want to crush the dreams of a Muppet character (and the poor social media worker who runs it),” he said in an interview via direct message on the platform.

It's also unclear whether Kermit the Frog, a friend of Grover's who worked as a reporter for “Sesame Street,” has been able to weather the ups and downs of the changing industry.

Kermit conducted live from the 1970s through the 1990s Job interviews and submitted Sesame Street News Flash reports on major events such as the fall of Humpty Dumpty. He hasn't filed a story in years, although he still did calling himself a 'part-time reporter' on X in 2016.

Two weeks ago, Grover's friend Elmo also received a barrage of grimly humorous — and just plain grim — responses when he asked the innocent question, “How's everyone doing today?” Commenters told the furry monster that they had been fired, that they were worried about the 2024 election, or that their dog had rolled around in goose feces.

Why were people so inclined to involve these characters in their own concerns and misfortunes? Mr. Wilson, the journalist, has a theory.

“I think people who jump on tweets from children's show characters are seeing some of their own naivety about the world when they were younger being reflected back on themselves, and they don't like that,” he said. “I count myself in this category.”