The WaPo Has a Resolution for Journalists for the New Year – HotAir

I’m not generally someone who is interested in making New Year’s resolutions, aside from one dating back quite a few years ago to drink a lot more water and far less coffee. (I’ve stuck to that one religiously with no regrets.) But at the Washington Post, Catherine Rampell penned some resolutions for journalists for 2024 that may be worth a look. Given the sorry state of the legacy media these days, some changes should certainly be considered. She offers three resolutions for journalists and one for readers. At a quick glance, none of them appear particularly harmful or out of bounds, but a deeper analysis will reveal there is a glaring omission here that might not only fail to help matters but could potentially make things even worse. I’ll include her first resolution here, dealing with the problem of focusing on the polls more than the issues.