When one side is using the threat of what the article calls an "outcome [that] would be devastating for global markets" as a negotiating tactic, I would prefer

When one side is using the threat of what the article calls an "outcome [that] would be devastating for global markets" as a negotiating tactic, I would prefer if journalists were more forceful in their criticism of that approach. Sometimes there is an objectively bad option in a political debate. Failing to raise the debt ceiling is one of those. We can have all sorts of debates about the US's debt and how we should cut expenses or raise revenue, but defaulting on our debts to "win" that debate is an objectively bad approach and journalists should make that clear.