Hanania is right - and his point holds more widely

This post from Richard Hanania has been getting a fair bit of coverage. What he says, at much greater length than I need, is this. While right-wingers in America might not like the US media, and while it's a bit crazy on a few hot topics (you can guess which ones), it's actually pretty good. Not only do the likes of The New York Times turn out large volumes of broadly accurate and interesting stuff, but also they have a commitment to fairness and impartiality which, if not always met (who is perfect?), is at least a lodestar they navigate by in good faith. That a good thing in itself and it also produces the result that the media's output is much better than any nakedly partisan alternative is or would be. 

All true. But there's a bigger point. (More below the break.)