The excessive coverage of the scandal signals that the news media may have finally hit/reached 'the bottom of the barrel'.
Salaries in the industry are scraping/hitting 'the bottom of the barrel'. [=salaries in the industry are very low]
Several people have lost their jobs recently, so the office isn't exactly a 'barrel of laughs' these days.
(..) Technically. Your sit-down with Baron go that well? I couldn't get a read on him. That's a first. How about you? Well, he's a barrel of laughs. - Morning, everyone. - Let's get started. Do you want to say something, Marty? Uh, sure. (..)2015 Spotlight