Katie Couric's Palin interview: Great TV but ... award-worthy?

Today on KOGO Radio in San Diego, Chip Franklin and I talked about the Annenberg School giving Katie Couric an award for her grilling of Sarah Palin last summer. Number one, who didn't take a swing at that piñata and number two, since when do we give out awards to journalists just for doing their job?

I know that awards are good fundraisers and everyone likes a little recognition and affirmation. And I would even go so far as to say that there was something redemptive about seeing Katie Couric get singled out for doing the kind of hard-nosed interviews that everyone knew she was capable of doing. She certainly seemed to turn the page on her rather nightmarish first couple of years at CBS with that interview. It was all good.

But .. a Walter Cronkite award? Really?

We talked about it on KOGO this morning. Along with a show called "The Cougar." By sheer coincidence, of course. (d/l)