John on the SC,
I don't disagree with you on what you want in news reporting, analysis, and commentary.

I would add, though, that I don't want much, if any, time spent by news reporters, analysts, or commentators on PREDICTING what's going to happen in politics.   For one thing, their predictions are less scientific than the weather reports. For another, they too often tend toward self-fulfilling prophecy (which I think is often the plan). But mostly, such speculation takes time away from reporting and insightful analysis of the news.

I don't see where in your specifications or mine there's a place for much "sharing" of the commentators' idiosyncratic and irrational gut fears, tastes, etc. Especially if such "sharing" is likely to provoke or reinforce prejudice against a race, religion, ethnicity, gender, etc.