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<DIV class=cnnBlogContentTitle>Let's see. Didn't she pose for the photo at
issue for distribution in a magazine, or was that some egregious impostor?</DIV>
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<DIV class=cnnGryTmeStmp>Posted: November 17th, 2009 12:06 PM ET</DIV>
<DIV class=cnnBlogContentPost><BR><B>From</B> <A
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<P><STRONG>(CNN)</STRONG> - Sarah Palin's image is everywhere as she launches a
highly-anticipated book tour this week, but the former Alaska governor is
unhappy with at least one media organization's depiction of her.</P>
<P>Palin took aim at Newsweek's eye-catching cover this week that shows the
former vice presidential candidate in her running outfit - <FONT
size=6><STRONG>an image that was apparently lifted from a </STRONG></FONT><A
href="http://www.runnersworld.com/article/0,7120,s6-243-410--13221-1-1X2X3X4-5,00.html"><FONT
size=6><STRONG>Runner's World photo shoot</STRONG></FONT></A><FONT size=5>
months ago</FONT>. Writing <A
href="http://www.facebook.com/note.php?note_id=175955933434"><STRONG>on her
Facebook page</STRONG></A> Monday night, Palin said the depiction is flat out
"sexist, and oh-so-expected."</P>
<P>"The choice of photo for the cover of this week's Newsweek is unfortunate.
When it comes to Sarah Palin, this 'news' magazine has relished focusing on the
irrelevant rather than the relevant," Palin wrote. "The out-of-context Newsweek
approach is sexist, and oh-so-expected by now."</P>
<P>"If anyone can learn anything from it: it shows why you shouldn't judge a
book by its cover, gender, or color of skin. The media will do anything to draw
attention – even if out of context," Palin also said.</P>
<P>The photo is accompanied by text that states "How Do You Solve A Problem Like
Sarah? She's bad news for the GOP - and for everybody else too."</P>
<P>Palin has held back few punches at the media in the initial stages of her
publicity tour. The former governor <A
href="http://www.facebook.com/note.php?note_id=174541533434"><STRONG>slammed the
Associated Press</STRONG></A> for its recent fact check that took issue with
several of the memoir's contentions and, <A
href="http://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/11/16/palin.oprah/index.html"><STRONG>in
her Oprah appearance</STRONG></A> that aired Monday, Palin slammed the way the
media treated her family during the campaign.</P>
<P>The Alaska Republican also doesn't hold back in her book, writing at one
point, "I had been out of journalism for a long time, and it was pretty obvious
the rules had changed. I felt sick about the depths to which some in the press
had apparently sunk, not because it was unfair to me and John, but because it
was unfair to the American electorate."</P></DIV></DIV></FONT></DIV>
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