A journalism revival isn’t that hard. Get back to basics: research and straight reporting, proper sourcing, editorial fact-checking, copy editing, accurate headlining.

Going back to basics is not just nostalgia for an older, better time and way. We need real journalism. While I count myself among those who breathed a deep sigh of relief when the reality hit that Hillary Clinton would never be president, we still have a demagogue moving into the White House. Many of his supporters tried to persuade reluctant Republicans to his side by claiming that Congress and pundits would keep him in line. Constitutional conservatives know this must be done; expansive executive power doesn’t become acceptable just because an executive order gets the policy right.

But who can keep President Trump in constitutional line? News media has hit rock bottom on credibility and kept digging. Congress looks wobbly. If he fails on the economy—and one of the underreported truths of this election was “It’s the economy, stupid”—then we need constitutional constraints on executive back in practice before President Oprah Winfrey is sworn in. We don’t have the luxury to indulge our PC defense habit or traffic spike tactics.

A final plea of persuasion, for those of you seeking a little more justice for journalists’ failures: think of this as freezing them out. Make them feel voiceless, as we felt in the past decades.