If ye didna ken afore
Ye need tae read the A.V.
Tae ken fit’s really happ’nin
In the toon twixt Don an Dee
The P&J gies ye ae side
O a story there’s nae doot
Bit tae read anither side
A doot ye wull miss oot
The “EE” it is the same
Div fowk read it onymair?
The airt o democratic reportin?
They hiv fair lost the flair
Baith ower canny wi their print
A coordy custard approach detected
Ad. revenue they maan protect
Big business views aye reflected
Ceetizen journalism’s on the mairch
Wi the Aiberdeen Voice tae the fore
Maist o the mainstream media
Are noo classed as bein a bore
Times they hiv moved on
Fae the days o ink an quill
Bit some fowk in oor toon
Wull fecht fer democracy still
So tho yer nine or ninety
An fer truth ye div aspire
AV shud be yer readin
Ither local media are dire
© Bob Smith “The Poetry Mannie” 2013