Palin book tour host to foreign press: stay away
By ALAN SCHER ZAGIER, Associated Press
Dec 2, 2009 6:11 PM CST

She's no longer the chief executive of Alaska, but Sarah Palin should still be called "governor." And in English only, please.

Mall of America officials this week told reporters planning to cover the Minneapolis-area stop on Palin's "Going Rogue" book tour they must address the 2008 GOP vice presidential candidate by her former title. The guidelines also banned foreign reporters, allowing "only English speaking press."

Mall officials say the guidelines were a mistake. They apologized Wednesday to Palin for the mix up, which they called "an internal miscommunication" that was "inadvertently distributed."

A publicist for publisher HarperCollins said foreign reporters would be welcome at Palin's Mall of America stop, calling the guidelines "not the message the governor wants to send out."