There used to be a time when the news would pause for a bit over the summer, or at least slow down. It was called ‘silly season’ for a reason - the lack of ‘real’ stories meant newspapers and broadcasters would give undue prominence to all sorts of nonsense. The intensity levels would drop. And that was good for a few…
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