A hasn't been made any easier by B

[cannonkuo]

On Tuesday, April 13 regarding ABC’s story on the U.S. providing help to the British with regard to the dispute on the Falklands.
In his personal diary entry for April 14, Reagan wrote of this episode: “We really have a tough problem and it hasn’t been made any easier by the press....” (Foreign Relations of the United States, 1981–1988, Volume XIII, Conflict in the South Atlantic, 1981–1984 - Office of the Historian)

Does the sentence pattern "A hasn't been made any easier by B" suggest the angry or upset feelings of the speaker and complaint about B?

 

[teechar]

Does the sentence pattern "A hasn't been made any easier by B" suggest the angry or upset feelings of the speaker and criticism of or complaint about B?

Yes.

 

[jutfrank]

I'm not sure if this question is asking about only this particular use of the pattern.

In this context, it does suggest criticism, but in other contexts it might not.

 

[Tdol]

It's a criticism here, but a controlled and muted one.