Where’s The Investigative Journalism
We once had a paper the Investigator
Had good articles but its centerfolds caused an
uproar
Editions delved behind the scene
Research into the personal and sometimes the
obscene
Educated us about Bajans’ other side
Some of the things the aristocrats want us to hide
They exposed the street life of those who
Had questionable work and avoided the men in blue
Escapades into the still of the night, shadows and
dark
Investigated them in the familiar street and our
treasured park
Now the paper was only in its infancy
Virtually a startup when it met its finale
Enticing photos distracted its readers
So eventually it joined the fate of other lost
leaders
This could have been a first
Investigating Barbados and its worst
Greater insight into the things that perturb
All the political deceits, religious hypocrites
and those who disturb
The publisher should have foreseen the Investigator’s
fate
It should have been clear we wanted journalists who
investigate
Voyeurism done respectfully with hopes that they
Expose our miscreants who wore their suits each
day
Journalists seem to lack the appetite
Or too afraid to climb into the trenches, knuckle up
and fight
Unable to shed new spins on old stories
Repeating the same news in the papers, on radios
and TV’s
None of them emulate Rachel Maddow or Anderson
Cooper
Avid journalists who investigate to uncover
Lies perpetrated from where ever the source
Investigative journalism to quote right from the
mouth of the horse
Sure, if there is an appeal for police to act more
professionally
Most other professionals should take their work
seriously
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