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Sarah Palin is currently involved in a heated back-and-forth with Newsweek magazine (while Runner’s World ducks for cover) over their use of a sexy cover photo of her on their most recent issue. This whole thing sounded weirdly familiar to me. Newsweek magazine accused of sexist cover photo, headline calling her a problem? Sure enough, it looks like this is an annual event for Newsweek. There are a few key differences, though.

Back in October of 2008, Newsweek took fire from Palin supporters for a cover photo that was NOT sexy enough.

While we wait for Sarah Palin to activate her still dormant Twitter feed, and keep our fingers crossed that Barbara Walters‘ interview with Palin, beginning today, is slightly more hard-hitting than Oprah’s was, we’ll have to rely on the old Palin standby: Facebook. Last night she addressed the Newsweek cover. (UPDATE: Jon Meacham responds.)

How to solve a problem like the coverage of Sarah Palin? According to Newsweek you take the low road. The weekly magazine apparently has decided that the best way to cover Sarah Palin’s reemergence on the national stage is with an old photo from Runner’s World (Palin is well known for running marathons). Were there no other photos available?