Ten years on from the collapse of financial meltdown, the coverage has mostly been quite surface, with at least as much focus on nostalgia as an actual analysis.
So the “Attack Corbyn” wheel has been spun and, not for the first time, it’s landed on “Speculation About A New Centre Party.”
The Cairncross review risks further empowering the like of The Sun and Daily Mail who are a huge part of media problems in the first place.
Perhaps the most significant development came when Corbyn announced proposals for re-organising the BBC and the establishment of a Public Digital Corporation to run alongside it.
Boris Johnson’s niqab comments earlier in the week scarcely merit analysis on the surface issues of clothing, security, theology or feminism (Johnson LOL).
The Daily Beast and other this week reported on Steve Bannon’s plans to focus his culture-war efforts on Europe, especially in advance of next year’s European Parliament Elections.
Trump’s recent visit to the UK helped further cement a far-right alliance in the Anglo-American sphere.
The build-up to last week’s Brexit summit of ministers at Chequers featured exactly the kind of elite and commentariat behaviour which many people connect to the decision to leave the EU in the first place.
Scottish co-op The Ferret has announced a plan to greatly increase reader and member participation in content generation.
Anyone can sign up and can register fields in which they have interest and knowledge.