Is She Running For V.P. or Super Model?

I think Palin will take all of the attention she can get. It gets on my nerves. I am hoping that Obama gets elected for president. That should make her step back and take another look at herself.

I can't believe how big a deal FOX news is making this. It's a news magazine and she' s running for VP, not Miss America. It's not like Newsweek intentionally made her look "bad". She doesn't even look bad on that cover! The article is about her being "one of the folks". So they didn't touch her up. She's "one of us," without all the computer editing and whatnot.

Annie,Fox News is simply pointing out another example of the liberal medias' attempt to denegrate the Republican ticket and get the Snake-Oil salesman into office. I noticed you failed to mention the shot that was taken between Sarah Palins' legs with the two young men looking up admiringly.Guess that wasn't meant to be s#xist!!

Faux News is joining in on the 'let's-distract-everyone-from-the-issues' party. If you are focused on stories with half-truths and outright lies about stupid things like the hair on Sarah Palin's upper lip or Bill Ayers, then you're not going to be able to focus on what really matters. That's what John McCain is hoping for. If you actually paid attention to the issues, you would quickly figure out that McCain is not the man who can lead the U.S. in the coming years. Another thing, though not of a political subject...why would the "ladies" of Fox News be promoting the idea that as women, we have to be "perfect?" That's the thing that struck me as I listened to them talk. I mean, we have so many young girls today who are having major problems with depression and other mental illnesses and self-esteem issues because they don't look "perfect" like their counterparts in Hollywood. Now we want to add women in politics to the mix? Give me a freaking break!

I subscribe to Newsweek & am frankly getting sick & tired of seeing Sarah Palin on the cover. When I received the latest offering, I got out my sharpee pen & drew on Palin's picture. If Fox News didn't like the cover as is, they really wouldn't like my version of it. I did the usual juvenile stuff - blacked out one tooth, drew a moustache & pointy beard. Nothing too offensive. She is a pit bull in lipstick, right? She should be able to handle this truly awful picture of her. In all seriousness, the picture was fine. These "newscasters" are doing a disservice to all women by bringing all of this up. She is a politician, not a model, & does not need to look perfect (even though I think she does). It shouldn't surprise anyone though that Fox brought this up. They can't report on how bad things are going with their political party so it's best to distract the viewers with this silly stuff.

I think it's ridiculous that they are wasting time on such petty things as this. I mean there are so many bad things in the world and so much more importnant things to cover and this is what they choose!? How disappointing!!!

I believe Fox news, is doing it's best to make sure Palin gets her fair shake, maybe they think that if it was a man they would of made the pic look as good as they could, and not with Palin because they wanted her to look bad. I really think she would be good for Washington, I think she is not afraid of any of the ones in congress and I believe congress thinks she would be all over them and they wouldn't get to play their little tricks that they will with Obama in there he being democrat too. Palin is a fighter for what she believes in and she only wants to work for the American people. I like Fox and watch it every night, I feel they tell it like it is, no matter what side the story is on good or bad. And I think they provide a lot of information that we would not know if they was not there to report it. As others cover it up.

I didn't really watch the video. I looked at it long enough to see the photo, and then skipped ahead to see the closeup. Frankly I think she looks fine in the picture. I personally hate all the airbrushed photos on magazine covers. It's certainly not a cover worth anyone whining over and as you know, I'm a big Palin supporter.

I saw the news piece in question. It wasn't really a "news"piece, just a quick mention. I do think it's kinda over the top though, I don't see what the big deal is. I thought she looked pretty good in the photo myself. There were some other photo's out that I thought was kind of tasteless though, I think they was done by routers. they is a shots taken from behind her roight through her lower legs facing the audience. here's 3 different pics they took. http://foxforum.blogs.foxnews.com/2008/10/09/you-decide2_1009/ http://www.postchronicle.com/news/strange/article_212177675.shtml http://guerillawomentn.blogspot.com/2008/10/reuters-has-hots-for-sarah-palins-legs.html

hi anniepa this is the height of silliness, the woman it a politican not a model. I dont even like her but still she is not a model. the stuff that is going on in this campaign is worse than its ever bin with so much hot air and rhetoric that most of us are just damned tired of all of it.

There was someone on Larry King that was making a big deal of it as well. I agree that it just doesn't seem that important. However, print media is good for using photos to create a vibe about an article. So I won't discount the complaint. Remember when I think it was Time magazine got in trouble for the way the altered OJ Simpson's photo to make him look more menacing. Look at how the Enquirer and other gossip magazines will post snap shots that are probably totally unrelated to their story to make it look like someone is having a melt-down or that they are angry. The photo took me aback a little. When I first saw the cover I wasn't sure it was Palin. She is an attractive woman, but the photo didn't look like her it was soooo close up. Maybe it's not news worthy, but it is a valid complaint.

I'm with you, the economy is in the toilet, the DOW has lost what 17% this week alone?! And, now we all have to stop worrying about our 401k, IRA's, and every other investment so that we can jump on the bandwagon of poor little Sarah having a bad picture. I can't believe that they used that one of Obama, it looks like he was standing in the sun and he looks washed out, should we started calling the presses and anyone that will listen and complain about that picture being awful? Hell no he's running for president not the most beautiful man in the world. I am so sick of people calling people here jealous because they don't think she is beautiful, smart, powerful blah blah blah. First off beauty is in the eye of the beholder and this beholder doesn't think she is and that's my right lol.

I really like Jon Stewart and Steven Coburn they are really a good show to watch they tell allot truth and the same time they tell some jokes!!! which is good. cd

It is stupid. Fox needs to get over it and actually take this election seriously. She is not running for super model of the year she is running for VP. I personally hate all these "hot" comments. A lot of people spend more time talking about how she looks instead of what she stands for. I was excited when she was first announced, but lets just say that excitement has not stayed. She really has not done as well as I thought she would. Too bad. The media has ticked me off with this VP pick. THey have spend more time on the fact that she is a mom, and a former beauty queen. Do both of those things somehow make someone dumb? So media is now telling moms that you can not work because you are a mom or at least not in powerful positions, and that if you are pretty you can not be smart. Great, just the thinks I want my kids (especially my daughter)to hear. What ever happen to you can be anything and do anything? I personally do not like being put into what someone else thinks is "my place". Oh sorry that was a bit off subject sorry. But you are right. I have stopped watching Fox at all. It is a waste of time. They need to get over themselves.

Hello Annie, To your quote: "Newsweek claims they don't touch-up anyone's photos and never have so I doubt a man's picture would have been treated any differently." Boy, oh boy is that ever a deceptive statement! A little fact-checking would have informed you that Newsweek is lying through its teeth if it made that claim! I would urge the readers to go to the Newsweek.com webpage, and persuse the latest 12 covers of the magazine. The reader will see one cover of Hillary Clinton that appears to have been manipulated, and one each of Sen. Obama and his wife Michelle, which also appear to have been crafted for flattery! Does anyone remember Martha Stewart's head being superimposed on to the body of a model just three years ago on the cover of Newsweek??? It is simply one of the most publicized photo-journalism scandals ever! The only other photo-journalism scandal that caused more of an uproar was the deceptive presentation of an Oprah portrait photo on the cover of a major American periodical (I believe it was Time). "Newsweek glamorized Bobbi McCaughey, the Iowa mother of septuplets, by straightening her teeth. The magazine superimposed Martha Stewart's head on a model's body for the March 7, 2005, cover, when Stewart was released from prison." "As for news photos, "We do nothing beyond what has traditionally been done in the photographic darkroom," says Barnett (Newsweek's director of photography), who took over as photo director in July 2003." *** The above statement indicates that traditional photo manipulation is NOT discouraged by Newsweek's Director of Photography.*** "Writing for the New York Times in 1990, acclaimed photo critic Andy Grundberg predicted, "In the future, readers of newspapers and magazines will probably view news pictures more as illustrations than as reportage, since they will be aware that they can no longer distinguish between a genuine image and one that has been manipulated." History has given weight to his prophecy as photo managers search for answers. "During an NPPA ethics session in Portland, a group of some 50 photographers and photo managers were asked for a show of hands if they believed they had ever worked with peers who routinely crossed ethical boundaries. Nearly every arm flew into the air. "That was a scary thing to see," says Long, who was on the panel. Ethical breaches were the topic of conversation at coffee breaks and during presentations at the photo summit." "Fundamentally, there is only so much you can do. You hope and pray and respect your staff... You trust that they're not going to do this kind of thing," says the L.A. Times' Crawford, who, like many others interviewed for this story..." http://www.ajr.org/Article.asp?id=4383 http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/farid/research/tampering.html