From Kerry’s Blog, here’s Paul Krugman’s rules for political reporting in 2004.

By and large, these are smart, sensible rules that, honestly, really aren’t asking too much. And the stakes are really high this year, as Krugman writes:

I don’t really expect my journalistic colleagues to follow these rules. No doubt I myself, in moments of weakness, will break one or more of them. But history will not forgive us if we allow laziness and personal pettiness to shape this crucial election.  

So here’s my thought… what the political / educational blog community took up the call for a better media? Brad DeLong calls for it all the time. Let’s all pick up the call. Is it so much to ask that our political reporters actually report rather than just echo the PR releases that campaigns — usually the GOP campaigns — release?