From a reader:

This morning, Newsweek editor Evan Thomas appeared on the Imus in the morning show. (Thomas called in from Martha’s Vineyard–small eyeroll) Imus mentioned something about Jeff Foxworthy and asked Thomas, “do you know who he is?” Thomas’ answer was an instantaneous “no”. Imus followed up, “do you know who Larry the cable guy is?” An even more emphatic “no”. Imus and cohort Charles McCord spent the next 30 seconds jeering Thomas, “How can you be the editor of Newsweek and be so out of touch?”
I think this illustrates quite nicely the media elite/red state divide. I’d be willing to bet that more red staters know Foxworthy’s name than know their own US Senators. I’m not saying that knowing who Jeff Foxworthy is is either a good thing or a bad thing–I just think that an editor of Newsweek magazine would have to go out of his way not to know the name. What else about Red State America does Mr Thomas not have a clue about? It’s time to send Newsweek’s foreign correspondents down South!!!