Member of the Coastal Elite Attacks Public Broadcasting

Yesterday's News Hour featured a long story about the proposed cuts to public broadcasting in the House, which would be very significant.  I was curious to see how a public broadcast source would present the story, and believe it was handled fairly.

The debate was between George Neumayr, executive editor of the conservative American Spectator magazine, and Bill Reed, president of the PBS station in Kansas City.

As was not surprising, Mr. Neumayr saw horrible liberal bias in PBS.  He peppered his remarks with attacks on the "coastal elite," as well as an obligatory smear of the New York Times. 

I found the coastal elite comment amusing.  The American Spectator is  a Washington rag, and as such is part of that coastal terror that so spooks Mr. Neumayr.  Meanwhile, Mr. Reed defended PBS eloquently from Kansas City, right in the heart of red America.