Katie Couric Discusses Palin on 'Letterman' (Video)

With the election over and done with, Katie Couric’s now free to dish on her infamous interview with Sarah Palin. And dish she did on last night’s "Late Show With David Letterman."

The journalist tells Letterman how she was first supposed to interview Palin on a Sunday, but the campaign changed the date because "they didn’t want a week to go by without hearing anything from Gov. Palin."

It’s perhaps this rush that caused Palin to come off as ill prepared and, worse, ill informed, especially in terms of Supreme Court decisions and her opinion on Dick Cheney. The most damning part of the exchange came when Palin couldn’t name what newspapers and magazines she read. Of course Letterman had to ask about that, and Couric tried to rationalize Palin’s stumbling response:

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 … 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.

Couric wraps up the interview by predicting Palin’s going to be in the limelight for years to come, for better or for worse — it depends on who you ask.

Here’s the video!