Recently Sarah Palin told Matt Lauer how annoyed she was by Katie Couric’s questions (those doggone media types are so darn tricky!), saying, “Questions about, ‘Well what do you read up there in Alaska?” to me that was a little bit annoying because I was like, ‘What do you mean, ‘What do I read in Alaska?’ I read the same things that you guys read in New York and there in LA and in Washington State. What do you mean what do I read?”

Now Katie Couric has responded via an appearance on Late Night with David Letterman, and has tried her best not to seem like one of those liberal media elitists with their fancy newspapers, snide mentions of Joe Six Pack, and discussion of the Supreme Court:

Couric: We were doing one of these walk-and-talks, it was a casual part of the interview, and I just said, “I'm curious, what do you read? What has helped you shape your worldview? What do you read to stay informed?”

Letterman: A good question but an easy question.

Couric: It was just really something I was curious about, and I'm not sure whether she was afraid to offend certain people, if she would offend conservatives by saying she read the New York Times, or I just don’t really—

Letterman: People who don’t read. She’s afraid of offending people who don’t read. Maybe that was it!

Couric: Even in the post-election interviews, Dave, that she's done, nobody's really asked her, “Why didn't you answer that question?” She claims that I said, “What do you read up there in Alaska?” as if people in Alaska don't read or don't have access to reading materials. I never said that. I'm aware people in Alaska have access.

Well, maybe Palin didn’t answer the question because she doesn’t read to “stay informed.” Maybe she just reads Dan Brown novels and Field & Stream magazine! Ever think of that one, Katie?

Seriously though, I think we all realize that Couric wasn't just "curious." She, like many Americans, had the hunch that Sarah Palin doesn't really read the newspaper regularly and was waiting to see the former republican running mate flail like an injured moose. And, well, it worked.