I got this started wrong by saying truism rather than idiom BUT ... I CHALLENGE!
"Bode" is the active here as a synonym for 'indicates' or 'augers' and as such accepts equally a negative like 'ill' or a positive like 'well'. In the referenced sentence, I believe the obvious intent was to "bode well"! [Tongue firmly extended!]
Go get ‘em, Lin.
If the Washington Compost, CNN, and NBC are forced into bankruptcy, perhaps a legitimate, sane, non-partisan press corps will finally emerge from the ashes.
“, I believe the obvious intent was to “bode well”’
er, a ruling against the media BODES ILL WILL for them.