Have journalists investigated?

During the electoral campaign a number of serious allegations were made against gonzipn candidates, namely Jeffrey Pullicino Orlando, Tonio Fenech, George Pullicino, Ninu Zammit and Jesmond Mugliett.

The gonzipn - at least that was what it called itself during the electoral campaign; maybe it has now become the Nationalist Party again - vehemently denied these allegations and defended the persons concerned.

These gentlemen were all subsequently returned to Parliament and are therefore still under the national spotlight because they are representing the people who voted for them and they will be drawing salaries from the public exchequer. Two of them have been selected as ministers.

However, the public has a right to know whether these allegations were true, or false.

May I enquire whether journalists such as Lou Bondì, Peppi Azzopardi, Daphne Caruana Galizia and others have investigated these allegations in order to present the truth to the public? Has the editor of this leading newspaper ordered his newsroom to conduct similar investigations?

If not, may we, the public, know why not?

I may be wrong, but in my estimation the very art and profession of journalism is that of getting to the bottom of things and presenting the truth to the public. The public has a right to know.

Conversely, am I to understand that as no journalistic investigations appear to have taken place that, similar to our bottom positioning in recent Eurostat reports, Malta is also at the very bottom of the pile as far as journalism is concerned?