Hang in there,
investigative
Reporters! Your work
is cut out for you.
Help to be our eyes
and ears,
And don't give up,
whatever you do!
You have to work all
the harder
When our democracy
erodes.
When leaders silence
your voices, imagine
The horrors that
such a stifling forebodes.
Watch out for
unscrupulous groups
Who try to discredit
your needed work--
Who try to set you
up for failure
And then sit by and
smugly smirk.
Keep our
corporations and our
Elected officials on
their toes.
You say that no
one's above the law.
There! You hit it on
the nose!
Seek out corruption,
abuse, and fraud.
Put our leaders'
words to the test.
If there's
suspicion, follow the money.
The one who laughs
last, laughs best.
Authoritarian rulers
dislike
A questioning,
prying press. No wonder
They try to break
you and call you fake,
Hoping you will
knuckle under.
When people are
manipulated
To criticize,
attack, and doubt you,
Just remember, brave
reporters:
Democracy CAN'T
survive without you.
-by Bob B (12-23-17)
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