Palin Upset Over Cover Photo
Sarah Palin is seeing red and it has everything to do with this latest photo.
Newsweek has placed Palin on its cover sporting some tiny running shorts and a tight red top. The photo was actually taken by photographer Brian Adams for Runner's World and was published this past August.
But Palin's clearly upset that Newsweek decided to publish the shots, calling the cover sexist.
She's especially upset that it was published without permission and against the contract which stated the photos were under embargo for one year following publication. So they wouldn't be able to get published until August 2010.
Palin took to her Facebook account and wrote the following:
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. The Runner's World magazine one-page profile for which this photo was taken was all about health and fitness - a subject to which I am devoted and which is critically important to this nation. The out-of-context Newsweek approach is sexist and oh-so-expected by now. 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.
A rep for Runner's World reveals, "Runner's World did not provide Newsweek with its cover image. It was provided to Newsweek by the photographer's stock agency, without Runner's World's knowledge or permission."
As for Newsweek, their spokesperson admits, "We purchased the photo from an agency and were not aware of any issues with it."
So the question still remains, who sold the photo and was the contract violated?
But please, we don't buy that Palin's upset over the cover. We hate admitting this, but we bet she knows she looks hot in that photo!
The photo might be out of context, but do U really think it's sexist?
[Image via Newsweek Runner's World.]
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lol.at first i thought this photo was fake.but she is actually posing like that.lol.
Another reason why all American media today is a joke.
HOW is that sexist AT ALL?? You KNOW , and we all know damn well that if it were Clinton, or better yet, Obama on the cover in shorts and running gear, we wouldn't be having the same discussion.
basically,
if it were a male, it wouldn't be considered sexist.
but because a female , it is?
that's a double standard, and it's throwing the word "sexism" around too loosely.
shame on her!
this woman is not to be taken seriously and that's why newsweek is slamming her.
I'm not sure how this woman graduated with a degree in journalism, when her grammar is atrocious and she speaks without enunciating properly. she may be photogenic, but she's not telegenic, nor intelligent enough to publish a book explaining any of her beliefs on policy.
sarah palin does not care about the well being of americans. she's nothing but a media whore, trying to make a few bucks-end of story.
i'd love to fuck her!
So would it be acceptable to have a picture of Barack Hussein Obama in his bathing suit on the cover of a conservative news magazine. You liberals would be all up in arms. So why does Palin have to put up with this crap?
One more thing. Why is it American women try to bring each other down. We should be helping each other. This is why men are more successful. They work together not against each other. While we are busy being so caty the government, run by women hating liberals. Is making decisions about our lives. If this healthcare bill goes through they are going to push out the age to get mamograms to 50. Do you know anyone diagnosed with breast cancer under 50? I do, and thank god it was caught in time because she started gettinm mamograms when she turned 40.
Newsweek has lost ALL credibility. "Bad news for everyone…" ?! Good grief, whatever happened to journalistic neutrality? I personally think that the idea of Palin running in 2010 is a JOKE, but that doesn't change the fact that I'm sickened by such absolute bias on the cover of a major "news" magazine.
This manipulative moron is always playing the victim card but I guess thats what quitters do.
Re: tejaschica – Hillary is Secretary of State, Sarah is just a quitter who is unemployed who had a well known rightwing freak write her book and she she lies and acts like she wrote it .
Re: me0101 – Who the fck is this moron bimbo anyway,she used to be governor but she QUIT. PALIN IS A QUITTER AND A MORON FOLKS AND SHE WANTED TO MAKE A STATEMENT WITH THIS PICTURE.
Re: Moron – I see why you go by moron.
Re: neallie1 – Obama is President of the United states, Hillary is Secretary of State and First Lady. This inbred Palin was gov of a sparsely populated state and she QUIT,she come across as the most uneducated redneck . She's either selling her aging lack of sex appeal or she's crying out about sexism which is a joke comming from such a rightwing fundie who could care less about women's rights. Remember folks she's and uneducated white trash house wife from the crack capital of Alaska and she's a Quitter. Also google all the articles about the rightwing christo/fascist that wrote her book that she pretends that she wrote.
It's not sexist and it IS relevant. Palin tries to bring her sexuality into her campaign, but we arent' allowed to talk about it. She can parade her children on stage, but we can't talk about it.
The article is about how Palin has a hard time being taken seriously BECAUSE she poses for pictures like this. Want to know why Newsweek never showed Hilary wearing short shorts posing on a draped flag?
CAUSE SHE WOULD NEVER POSE FOR SUCH A PICTURE.
Just because Palin is too stupid to get the context clues, doesn't mean we shod dumb everything down for her. And I think she does know its relevant. It's just not flattering to her and THAT is her complaint.
Re: Irvinegirl – drug addled college days? Where's your source, or are you like Palin and just like to make shit up? Besides, college candid shots of Obama are different than an acting governor posing for a picture.
Newsweek is going to publish a picture of Hilly Clinton in a BIKINI. Now that is HOT.
I think shes dumber than a bag of rocks, but the picture is out of line…they wouldnt put prez obama or any other political male figure on a magazine in his running shorts with a muscle tee on unless he posed for a picture like that WITH THEIR MAGAZINE, this was pulled from a diff magazine..low blow, but shes an idiot so whatevs!
Stupid pic, but she posed for it so shouldn't bitch about it. Is that a Blackberry in her hand? It looks like an ad for it or something. As far as I'm concerned, she is as dumb as a box of rocks and uses her sexuality to sell when it suits her, as she does her children, grandchildren, etc. She is just whining to promote "her" book. Someone needs to make this moron go away. I actually laugh OUT LOUD any time I hear someone talking about her "running" in 2012. If she is the best the GOP has to offer, they are in deep shit.
Yes I do. I think they did it to make her look like a bimbo; regardless if she is or not. And come on Sarah, what about sexual orientation in that list of yours?
I agree about the caption - not too flattering. Take it from a runner….she DOES NOT run from looking at those legs !
Just pissed over the caption. Oh, and she's not hot or sexy.
Is it sexist to look like your about to go running for a magazine about….RUNNING? No. People are assholes and she does look hot. If newsweek wanted her on the cover, they should have asked for permission from her to use that photo. Its not like its Star magazine. Its a legit publication.
Didn't Miley Cyrus try to blame {accuse} 'Vanity Fair' of the same thing? What is up with these small town Hillbillies and the 'blame game.' Oh I get it, Miley can aplogize to her fans so that she would not lose the Disney Contract. As for Palin, my theory, I think she intended to take this pictures, and she wanted them published. Why? She failed to gain the feminist supporters of Hilary Clinton in 2008…So why not spark some controversy by saying the photos are sexist, and that you did not consent to them. Brilliant Sarah…just brilliant!
Re: informed –
So what you're saying is…That's not sarah Palin in this picture? This photo was actually taken by some paparazzi who wanted to defame Sarah? Please be a little more creative with your conspiracy theory!
Re: BUTCH8844 –
Well then look at her body…DO NOT PAY ATENTION TO WHAT SHE SAYS HILLBILLY! Because both Democrats and Republicans thinks this women is uneducated and socially retarded! Go ask Wallace, Mc Cains' advisor!!!!
Re: kissmyassobama –
Pleae continue to support her and make her relevant! The more this woman ridicules herself, the better chance Obama has at being re-elected. Politics is a game of chess babe…remember that when you're reading "The Art of War" and "Morals of a Prince." That is, if you can find your way to Barnes and Nobles…and out of your trailor park!
Re: Southern belle 12 – Read the education credentials of Michelle Obama…and then Sarah Palin. If Michelle were to pose in running shorts, America would still listen to what she had to say!
She's just trying to bow to the Christian right as usual to get them all in her wacky camp.
Anything that makes that witch's head explode is funny to me. Can't stand her and hope her image is totally in the shitter in 2012. (Go Levi!)
Can't imagine anyone taking that c**t seriously for Prez or any other elected official!!!
GO AWAY with Ann Coulter, Rush Limbaugh and that horrible blonde bimbo hater (whatever the fuck her name is) and DIE!!!!!!!! Oh and Michelle Obama looks better in shorts.
Re: Irvinegirl – ummm….SARAH POSED FOR THIS PICTURE!
ur comment makes no sense.
no wonder ur on her side, you sound like an idiot.
Re: neallie1 – Are you seriously serious? SHE POSED FOR THE PICTURE - Barack Obama DID NOT POSE for a picture in his bathing suit.
Your argument is weak. When you ask why American women try to bring each other down instead of picking each other up - I ask why insult our intelligence by putting moose hunter Sara Palin in the position to represent American women? It was a knee jerk reaction to appeal to Hillary Clinton voters and it backfired! She's opposed to CHOICE, no experience on the national stage and let's not even talk about international experience - she is either an imbecile or she has no shame.
She posed for the picture got paid for the picture and now wants to complain when it's used to portray her the only way she can be portrayed which is you can't take her seriously.
she is annoying but she is one hot beoych
She's not upset about the picture, it's the caption she's upset about as so many of you have pointed out. If she felt the picture was sexist then she would never have posed for it. It's not like the headline talked about her body or body parts. She's just being the annoying person she is.
She is pissed at the text on the cover. If it said "Sarah Palin, the best choice for President", She would have never said a word. Obama was photographed shirtless in Hawaii and plastered on newspapers and he did not call it sexist or say anything for tha matter. She needs to go away.
Of course it's sexist. You would never see Obama or any other male politician on the cover of Newsweek in running shorts.
Re: BLUESSINGA –
Well I think it is both; no shame and an imbicile but mostly the latter.
She is a B I M B O!
I do think that it is sexist.
If I were gunning for President, I would never, ever pose for a photo shoot like this, even if it was for a runner's magazine, knowing how awful the press is and how photos leak onto the internet. This was a lack of judgment on her behalf, as usual. But yeah, Newsweek putting this photo of her on their cover is sexist. But she was stupid enough to make herself a target. If she were smarter, she would have said nothing about this. And I agree with one of the posters that she just can't seem to get passed her beauty queen days. She is a beautiful woman no doubt, but I'm sure Hilary never would have been dumb enough to do a photo shoot that could be seized by the press to make her look ridiculous.
It looks like the liberals are upset about what a complete failure Obama has turned out to be, and they need someone to take their frustration out on.
she's so fucking stupid. if you didn't like the photo then why the fuck did you pose for it, you stupid twat? nothing is EVER this dumbbitch's fault. she's just as hypocritical and moronic as her girlfriend carrie "hate" prejean.
she resigned her public office and she's turned herself into just another yammering celebrity - she's fair game for anybody and everybody - she's done it all to herself. if she wants respect then she should SHUT her fat mouth and go away. as long as she thrusts herself into the public eye this is exactly how she will be treated. grow up, you idiot bitch. the world doesn't owe you a goddamn thing. you're just another heidi or spencer now.
Re: This_Is_My_Nightmare – That statement makes about as much sense as a 6 year old shitting on themselves - COME AGAIN!!!
I agree with Newsweek….bad & old news…
Palin has a farcebook page? Oh please….
the picture is absurd, I thought that originally, you can run with a hairstyle like that, the bouffant and twist wouldn't hold six seconds. the glasses MIGHT stay on with a strap. That watch? No, not a runner's watch.
she's a beautiful woman.
I don't know why Newsweek chose to pay any attention to her. And why use a picture taken for another magazine?
"Does this magazine cover make me look fat?"
Re: tkbutler – a blackberry
Yes I do, it should not be on a Newsweek cover. Maybe Star or something equally Non-news like
I feel so dirty! I actually agree with this nutty woman for once. As I runner I feel that, yes, we show our legs when we wear running shorts. But this photo makes it look like she's showing her legs to be a sex symbol. I don't think we need to pile on her. She can make herself look foolish all on her own. I did vote for her in the Perezzies as the biggest media whore.
Re: TaurusWarrior – 122 Nailed it!
Re: tejaschica – i must agree. I don't think it's sexist at all, but it is inappropriate. newsweek deliberately published that photo because they do not take her seriously and want to make a mockery of her. that's their choice to do so, even it's a bit tacky.
and for all those saying that newsweek would never run a cover with Obama shirtless or whatever…of COURSE THEY WOULDN'T. HE'S THE FRICKIN' PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES, you idiots! who the F*CK IS SARAH PALIN?!? she is not even a politician anymore, you jerks. who cares if she is offended. she's a disgrace to women. not because she speaks her mind or has different ethics than i do, but because she is malinformed on issues and claims to know everything. screw you, sarah!
Re: tigrrrlilly – hey stupid! this is a pic for a fitness magazine, of course she would be in fitness attire. retard
OH, so now she's suddenly a feminist? The conservative chicks want all the benefits that feminists have fought for while at the same time putting down feminism and what has been won on there behalf. If it weren't for feminists, she'd never have been able to have run for VP yet alone vote. The hypocrisy is stunning…..
SARAH PALIN IS AN ANIMAL KILLER AND SHE SHOULD BE SHOT IN THE HEAD!
Re: Arshe – Of course someone voting for her would have that picture next to their name. I live in DC and Palin is a fucking joke. She's not a politician, she can't even keep her daughter's legs closed let alone run a country.
not SEXIST, sexLESS
she's a stupid hag.
Another question: Is that the proper way to display an American flag, heaped over the back of a bar stool? "Going rogue' must be code for flagrant disrespect for time honored tradition because any Boy Scout would tell you that is NOT proper display of an American flag.
And for the record: NO it's not sexist. It's ugly, but not sexist.
Absolutely is is NOT sexist. Look, she posed for the pic, and for a bunch more (I saw them in Runner's World months ago). SHE is the one who is using sex to sell herself, like she did in the pageant world, the local TV markets, and in Alaska politics; and is now crying foul when her own self-promotion is being turned on her. Newsweek picked the photo for a reason: to illustrate that she is a dangerous development in an already shallow political climate that values 'good ole boys' over serious, intelligent leadership.
I'm sure she runs with nylons on and holds two Blackberries (why 2?). She is naturally upset with any photo's out there, since her own stories (plural) don't jibe. She is not the natural mother of Trig and lied about the delivery date and her "wild ride" from Texas to Alaska. She is her own worst enemy and it's too late for damage control. Check out palingates and look at all of the evidence that has been accumulated over the past year. Read the "remarks" for very revealing knowledge.
I'm disgusted by Newsweek for running this photo as the cover.
I believe it is a diss against all women in general, it is disgustingly sexist!
You know what's a joke? How OBAMA's administration is running our country to dirt. Our media focuses so much on Sarah Palin, when she isn't even in politics right now. It's not her fault, it's the media's fault for obviously finding her a big enough threat that they put such a picture on Newsweek to attempt to make a mockery of her. You can call her stupid, pathetic, irrelevant, but you can thank Obama for the biggest pile of crap he has left on America. The fact that he has outspent every president COMBINED and over doubled our deficit. Our children will pay for this. Don't forget, just like Palin and McCain, and Carrie Prejean, Obama DOES NOT support gay marriage.
Oh yes, and this is sexist and degrading. If this was Michelle on here like this, people would flip out. What a double standard.
LMAOLMAOLMAOLMAO
does anyone else remember the cover pic they had of her exposing her moustache? newsweek winx2.
Re: ViewFromHere – Whose baby is Trig?
i'd like to scratch her eyes out…
Her true calling is as a model. You need brains to be VP or President and she ain't got none.
I'm not a fan of Palin, but she's right here. It is totally sexist and I'm disappointed in Newsweek.
She is desacrating the American flag, which is NOT on a pole and is under her elbow. Unpatriotic BITCH!
hahaha, she's pissed at her clothes??? what about the caption??? shows how truly vain she really is. what a loser.