My word-of-the-day email today was "silly season" 
[1], defined as a time of year when the mainstream 
media focuses on trivial non-news items for lack of 
regular news.  Seems like it's silly season all year 
round recently, but not for lack of real news.

[1] https://www.merriam-webster.com/word-of-the-day/silly%20season-2019-08-03