Newsweek Editor Defends Palin Cover
Newsweek‘s cover story on Sarah Palin — and the accompanying cover photo — raised a lot of eyebrows this week, including that of the former Alaskan governor herself on her Facebook page. The cover took a picture of Palin from an old Runner’s World and added the headline “How Do You Solve A Problem Like Sarah?” Palin called the cover sexist.
But now Newsweek editor Jon Meacham has responded to the allegations in a statement to The Huffington Post, calling the criticism unwarranted.
Said Meacham:
“We chose the most interesting image available to us to illustrate the theme of the cover, which is what we always try to do.
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