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Interviewers Let Palin Off the Hook: Couric

Couric wonders why Palin wouldn't answer reading question

By Evann Gastaldo, Newser Staff

Posted Nov 20, 2008 9:37 AM CST

(Newser) – Sarah Palin’s non-answer to Katie Couric’s question about what periodicals she reads still has the CBS anchor puzzled. Couric visited with David Letterman last night, and he quizzed her about why post-election interviewers haven’t asked the VP wannabe about her non-response, Gawker reports. Meanwhile, Letterman has a theory: “She was afraid of offending people who don’t read.”

“She claims that I said, ‘What do you read out there in Alaska,’ as if people in Alaska don’t read or don’t have access to reading material, but I never said that,” Couric said. “I’m aware people in Alaska have access.”

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Republican vice-presidential nominee Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin and her husband Todd Palin react to an Anchorage Daily News front page headline reading "Board Exonerates Palin." (Getty Images)

Then-Democratic presidential nominee Sen. Barack Obama talks with host David Letterman on the set of "The Late Show With David Letterman." (AP Photo/CBS, Jeffrey R. Staab)

Then-Republican presidential candidate Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., talks with host David Letterman on the set of "The Late Show with David Letterman," Tuesday, April 1, 2008, in New York. (AP Photo/CBS, J.P. Filo)

Then-Republican Vice Presidential candidate Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin, left, walks along the grounds of the United Nations with television news anchor Katie Couric, Wednesday, Sept. 24, 2008. (AP Photo/CBS News, HO)

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Interviewers Let Palin Off the Hook: Couric