Mr. Tea
Let's Talk About Ceps
This might make some sense if the only news/opinion media in the UK were the Guardian/Observer and the New Statesman. But most of our print media and their online versions are right-wing and are generally supportive of Tory governments, particularly the very right-wing one we have now. There were entirely predictable articles in the Telegraph and Spectator early on, saying it was no worse than seasonal flu and anyone worrying about it was a silly wet snowflake; then when the scale of the problem became clear, the angle changed to blaming the public for ignoring the government's confused, confusing and contradictory advice and deciding it might as well enjoy the nice weather.Media does the first.