Now, against a backdrop that sees political rhetoric and various media collaborating to demonise the working poor, its scabrous, loving portrait of a normal, sarky, stressed, happy, hard-working, cash-strapped family looks like a radical counter-narrative.
To call the transaction the worst in history, as it is now taught in business schools, does not begin to tell the story of how some of the brightest minds in technology and media collaborated to produce a deal now regarded by many as a colossal mistake.
Connect to Today: "To call the transaction the worst in history, as it is now taught in business schools, does not begin to tell the story of how some of the brightest minds in technology and media collaborated to produce a deal now regarded by many as a colossal mistake," Tim Arango wrote in a New York Times article on the 10th anniversary of the merger.
Last year, The Huffington Post and Fairfax Media collaborated on a series of stories detailing Unaoil's international machinations.
Even so, the political establishment and the establishment media collaborated in sustaining the pretense that out of the next endlessly hyped "race for the White House," another Roosevelt or Kennedy or Reagan would magically emerge to save the nation.
Every key click and mouse move counts, so anything that reduces steps that I have to gather feedback, distribute media and collaborate with people across the country is something that is needed in my profession.
Most folks with large social media followings collaborate with other popular people on their platform, and there are Viners who won't work with me because they fear they'll lose followers (news flash, they may be right!).
And there's no need for agencies to be defensive about that, even if it could cause for some tense meetings as ad shops and media companies collaborate one day and compete the next.
The home secretary, Reginald Maudling, lied to the House and the media willingly collaborated in uncritically repeating the government misrepresentation.
