Long Gone

When did I go from 'promising future' to 'checkered past'?

The days of a revered news man weren't that long ago--contrast

then with the crap-on-a-stick reporting you get now days, 

it's a pale joke of yesteryear, what with their pathetic ways.

Sensationalism and shock have replaced fact and thought, and

gone forever are the days of Walter and Edward--Tom and Dan,

for two more recent examples--yes, they are so Long Gone.

And what we're left with is something so very wrong.