My editor had to rearrange this week’s magazine, which was
about to be finalised and sent to the printers, after the announcement by Pope
Benedict XVI of his resignation. In the magazine as in all media outfits the
news arrived as a major earthquake. It has shaken all the other items. Space
being a rare commodity in all types of media, particularly in the magazine
type, the Pope’s decision has chased out many other pieces of information and
editorial comments on other matters. From what I know, it is the Syrian crisis and
the Italian elections articles that paid the highest price. They moved out of
the pages and focus, or were given just a token space. The Pope took
precedence. The matters of God won over the tragedy of people in Syria and the
comedy of Berlusconi in Italy.
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