It is very easy to take the media for granted. To treat it like the weather. Or like a whining insect. If it gets under your skin, swat it away. Unsubscribe. Switch channels.
But a free, albeit raucous, media is a gift for which we should be grateful.
It may seem an unlikely and even offensive connection to make, but a free media is one of the fruits of Pentecost.
Re-inventing journalism by way of its spiritual roots
The “northern muckraker” - as he was known - W.T. Stead, should be a household name in a time of …