And yet...
I didn't see the HotAir piece as very political. I think the term "liberal" was mentioned maybe twice, and that just as an accurate descriptive.
You want to get down to brass tacks, it turns out that journalism isn't all that hard after all, and the bottleneck up until now was the money and equipment it took for distribution.
It's not hard to see that Meacham has a somewhat inflated opinion on his importance in keeping America informed. A weekly newsmagazine isn't going to give me any raw information I can't get faster and more effectively on my own. They can provide analysis, but I can do that, too.