No news is good news?
Anyone see what I mean about media imbalance? Barely a ripple of press commentary past the purely factual on Sheilagh Kesting’s Church of Scotland appointment it was well buried in the inside pages of the broadsheets, meanwhile an opinion poll about more than 50% of Scots wanting full independence has the media hanging on every word from the Cardinal. How to interpret the lack of ‘news’? Is it good? Maybe folk just don’t see anything newsworthy any more in women being appointed to top jobs, if so good. Maybe feminism has succeeded in pushing for equality, it’s the norm. But you’ve got to set these things in a historical context, it’s a change, a female minister at the head of one of the biggest non-governmental organisations in Scotland. Is the lack of proper coverage a reflection of ignorance of history or disinterest? I can’t help contrasting this episode with the splash that Eilish Angiolini made with her Lord Advocate appointment, that was all over the place. Ah but that was politics. Sad when the spiritual life of the nation is pushed so far out of the spotlight. Can’t help think that we’re losing something.
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