silly seasonnoun [ U ]
uk/ˈsɪl.i ˌsiː.zən/us/ˈsɪl.i ˌsiː.zən/mainly UK the time of year, usually in the summer, when newspapers are full of stories that are not important because there is no important, especially political, news
US a period of time when people do or say things that are not sensible or serious:
It's the political silly season, and this policy is a very silly idea which seems more about public relations than solutions.
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News reporting & the press
- ambulance chaser
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- court correspondent
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- desk
- hack
- lay
- lead with sth
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- muckraking
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- press box
- reporter
- story
- syndicate
- syndicated
- the gutter press
- the Press Association
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