Fred Friendly is known as one of the greats in Journalism. Friendly is most noted for cohosting CBS’s See It Now with Edward Murrow and later becoming the president of CBS. For those who don't know much about the journalism field, he's the man George Clooney portrayed in Good Night and Good Luck.

The man is not only a great journalist but he is also considered a legend for openly criticizing Senator McCarthy’s communism bashing. This being said, it’s ironic that Quinnipiac has dedicated an award to him awarding it to some of the nation’s most influential journalists.

This year’s recipient of the Fred Friendly Lifetime Achievement Award is Charles Gibson, an ABC news anchor. I’m sorry - I meant Peter Jennings’, Bob Woodruff’s and Elizabeth Vargas’ replacement. That’s right, the man is just a fill-in for truly great journalists. He just happened to be around the office when Jennings died, Woodruff was injured in Iraq and Vargas went on maternity leave.

So after a year-long battle with their Communication students about their right to free speech and press, Quinnipiac continues to award not-so-great journalism. Ruth Friendly, (Friendly's widow) was quoted as saying that "Charlie is a journalist of substance and he pursues his craft with an innate sense of good taste." I suppose keeping quiet all the time and taking other people's jobs is considered good taste. And bravo, Quinnipiac for passive aggressively showing their students that boring, quiet journalists still have a shot of getting recognized.