The CBS Evening News screw up last night isn't the size of, say, the plagiarized Katie Couric's Notebook incident, but for knowledgeable military types, it was perhaps inexcusable.

The over-the-shoulder graphic when Couric was reporting a story on an Army specialist who received the Distinguished Service Cross, an honor second only to the Distinguished Service Cross, from President Bush actually displayed the Distinguished Service Medal. [Qando]

Honest mistake? Likely. But the medals are given for different reasons. The Cross is awarded for valor; the Medal is awarded for meritorious service. And by saying Spc. Christopher Corriveau received the latter, lesser honor, is, to many, quite insulting.