So Newsweek got the picture illegally? What a hoot.

Sarah Palin is a good-looking woman and a fantastic looking supermodel compared to anyone else on the national political scene. I don’t have an opinion on whether or not this cover was sexist. HOWEVER…

It is kind of amazing that a newsmagazine which John Meacham would argue is not biased would run this cover because of the language used. They didn’t ask “Is Sarah Palin a problem for America?” They flat-out stated she’s a problem that needs to be solved (i.e. dismissed from the political landscape). They state she is bad for the GOP and bad for America.

Does Newsweek have the public standing anymore to make such claims? Or is this simply the latest evidence that it is now on part with Huffington Post and Mother Jones, respectable publications which make no secret of their progressive/liberal bent?

Hi Mike. I just wanted to point out that it is not the “fifth estate”. It’s the fourth estate. Also, even though I agree with you (with friendlier language), I have to point out that you use way too many commas. Such as this sentence mentioned above: “Unfortunately, this is just another instance, when, the socalled “FIFTH ESTATE”, has soiled itself.” The only comma that belongs in that sentence is the one after “unfortunately”. The others are superfluous.

Aside from that, have a great day!

http://salon.com/news/opinion/joan_walsh/politics/2009/11/17/newsweek_sexism/index.html

I, as usual, am enjoying the circus….but I can see hypocrisy when it hits me between the eyes. If Ms. Sklar were truly candid, she would admit, that had Newsweek done this to a woman on her side of the political aisle, her hair would be on fire right now and she would be calling out Newsweek, if not marching in front of their offices.

OK…back to the circus….I enjoy the clowns.

I’m no Palin fan, but I just see a middle-aged woman wearing shorts. I see my wife wearing similar clothes all the time and not once have I ever thought less of her.

Shouldn’t you be off stalking someone anonymously online? I bet all the guys in your DnD group are terribly impressed. Grow up.

The question is: Where is the leader of NOW? Does she not care about these attacks on Palin because she is a conservative, if so, then she needs to resign her position or rename her organization. It took NOW a long time to come out against Letterman’s attack on Palin’s 14 year old daughter, you would have thought they would have learned a lesson.

And INB, you are right — this is a “news” magazine blaring it’s opinion on it’s cover. Thomas and Meachum should be ashamed and shunned as a result.

ANYWAY… back to the story at large… I think the headline is most obnoxious part of the Newsweek piece:

How do you solve a problem like Sarah?
She’s bad news for the GOP – And for everybody else, too.

Really?! Wow… Newsweek putting their opinions on the front cover! And here I thought they were supposed to focus on hard news, not the opinion stuff… but apparently not.

Once you realize that Newsweek has stated its goals (in that headline) of attacking Palin, you realize that their choice of picture was also negative. They could have cartooned her, found an unflattering picture of her taken mid-sneeze, or otherwise found a way to distort her image… but instead they went with the Runner’s World photo. In context of Runner’s World, the photo makes sense (despite Ms. Sklar’s crowing about the “flag controversy” what wasn’t a controversy outside of the blue blogs, as her source link shows)… but outside of that, it’s obvious that Newsweek was trying to portray her as a bimbo.

Now women who consider themselves feminists should be outraged by this… they’re not, because most of them are also left-wingers, and therefore hate Palin and will ignore such things (we saw this too when Bill Clinton was charged with all kinds of harassment… all of a sudden those folks didn’t mind a little inappropriate talk in the workplace, because… well, he was Bill Clinton). It’s another attack on Palin… the picture, the headline, the article… by a supposed “news outlet.” Oh well… Newsweek won’t be around for too much longer, so consider this part of its farewell song.

You are such a dolt — stealing someone else’s identity because you have no brain, stalking that person because you have no ilfe? Get over yourself NSA. I left tvnewser due to the attacks, stalking, and foul language. Now please, go back there where your antics and appreciated and applauded by your fellow lefty loons.

The reason for this whole flap over the photo is not the fact that she posed for it, it is that Newsweek elected to run with it as a cover piece on her book and political career. They intentionally did so as a smear, it is undeniable. The shots were meant for an athletic magazine, and in that realm there is nothing unseemly about them, save for the flag issue. Even if Newsweek had posted them inside with the story it may have been less inciteful. Using it on the cover however is blatantly an attempt to cheapen her image.

Thanks for trotting out that tired liberal description that Republicans want women in petticoats and aprons and to stay in the kitchen and tend to the kids. They don’t look at women any other way. Except– I recall that when she was introduced as the VP candidate there was a number of commenters from the LEFT who proclaimed that it was unseemly for her to get into a Presidential race with a newborn-special-needs child. “Her place is in the home!” Like I had to remind those during that time, the child has a father as well, and a supportive family. But nice job marginalizing a woman back to the ’50s.

To me, it just sounds like they’re saying that they had nothing to do with the Newsweek cover, so future interviewees don’t get the idea that Runner’s World will sell you out; hopefully folks won’t fault them for someone else’s choice and for gosh sake, please quit calling and emailing your complaints.

However, it is no more sexist than Fox, MSNBC and CNN for the endless cleavage parade they call news anchors. It is sensationalist, however, and designed to sell magazines.

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Thanks for making the point that Palin, while proving that a woman can be a governor and another at the same time cannot cal it what it is for fear that her followers would freak out over a word. And THAT is a sexist attitude.

The only people who thought Sarah should stay in the kitchen were the liberal nuts in the media (see Campbell Brown’s disgraceful rant).. Sarah did acknowledge what Hillary accomplished in her first speech when she was announced as the VP. What a shame that NOW refuses to stand up for conservative women and allow them to be consistently trashed and slandered. Has NOW even addressed the Newsweek cover or are they continuing to demonstrate that they are NOLW only?

Ironic, isn’t it? Sarah Palin, who arguably have a swell amount of supporters who despise feminism and staunchly believe it’s a woman’s role to stay in the kitchen, is breaking ground for women. It’s a shame that she can’t acknowledge what Hillary accomplished, or declare herself as a feminist, without her supporters raising pitchforks, however.

Unfortunately, this is just another instance, when, the socalled “FIFTH ESTATE”, has soiled itself.

Did ANYONE say media outlets, should get “bail outs” ?

How about just letting simpering Fakes, like this outlet, just “pass on” ?