As Albert Einstein was a late talker, his parents were worried.  At last, at the supper table one night, he broke his silence to say, "The soup is too hot."
Greatly relieved, his parents asked why he had never said a word before.  Albert replied, "Because up to now everything was in order."

(Story told by Otto Neugebauer as a "legend," but that seems fairly authentic.)
Source:  The Little, Brown Book of Anecdotes, Clifton Fadiman, editor.1985.

Haldimand and area recently witnessed the death of the weekly, This Week The Regional News, an independant, family-owned newspaper dependant on advertising dollar.  Whether it be the loss of municipal notices, the withdrawal of O.P.P. reports or a tired owner, the paper that searched for the facts, welcomed the facts and did not shy away from controversy is gone.
"Investigative journalism" as an expression is ridiculous according to Paul Foot* since all journalism worthy of the name carries with it a duty to ask questions, check facts and investigate.  It is almost impossible to separate facts and opinion ~
". . . most opinion worthy of the name is prompted by facts, and facts should lead opinion, not the other way around."

Although we love to get the good news, most of us want the reporting of facts.  Thank you, Christine and Kevin for forty years of reporting and respected opinion.  We wish you all the best. ~ lbwalker

~*The Slow Death of Investigative Journalism, The Penguin Book of Journalism, 2000 edited by Stephen Glover.