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Leggy Palin Pic Is Gender Neutral: Newsweek

Nothing sexist about leggy cover, says editor

By Mary Papenfuss,  Newser Staff

Posted Nov 18, 2009 3:19 AM CST
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(Newser) – A Newsweek cover of Sarah Palin in running shorts showing lots of leg met a "gender neutral" standard despite Palin's complaints of sexism, said the magazine's editor. "We chose the most interesting image available to us to illustrate the theme," Jon Meacham said in a statement provided to Huffington Post. "That is a gender-neutral standard." The story inside dealt with with the many problems Palin poses to the Republican Party.

Palin blasted the photo on her Facebook page earlier this week as "out-of-context," and called the Newsweek approach "sexist and oh-so-expected." The same photo ran in an issue of Runner's World, but Palin said the shot was an appropriate illustration of that story about health and fitness.

This is how Newseek played Joe Biden on its cover.
This is how Newseek played Joe Biden on its cover.   (PRNewsFoto/NEWSWEEK)
'How Do You Solve a Problem Like Sarah? asked Newsweek in a story on Sarah Palin, who was dressed in running shorts on it cover. She has blasted the shot as sexist.
'How Do You Solve a Problem Like Sarah?" asked Newsweek in a story on Sarah Palin, who was dressed in running shorts on it cover. She has blasted the shot as "sexist."   (PRNewsFoto/NEWSWEEK)
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TURDBUG
Nov 4, 2010 4:27 AM CDT
Then why did she pose for the picture. She'd be much more attractive in an ankle length, gray dress, with a full veil. Just sayin' . . .
Guest
Nov 19, 2009 6:07 AM CST
I'm going to point out one thing. Who made her put on those shorts? Who stood in front of the camera and let it be taken. If you look at the shine on her legs, she was also wearing hose. So, I ask you, how can she cry sexism when it was her choice to pose that way! She certainly didn't cry sexism when she was in a beauty pageant.
Guest
Nov 19, 2009 5:27 AM CST
Dear Still-Not-Quite-Out-Of-The-Coma, I"ll go real slow so I don't lose you , the picture was taken, ( do you need me to stop so you can wipe the drool on your chin ? ) ready I'll continue , by a photographer for a running magazine you moron NEWSWEEK stole the photo and put it on their cover without permission because they're ASSHOLES . Now go back to sleep and we'll pick up right here later .

 
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