Palin mum on what she reads (will not, or cannot, name specific publication)

[DeepModem Mom]

Source: CNN

(CNN) — Sarah Palin has had a sometimes-tense relationship with the media since being named to the Republican ticket – so reporters have been wondering: which news outlet does get her seal of approval? Where does she get her news? After watching Palin respond to the question during a CBS interview broadcast Tuesday night – they’re still wondering.

In an interview broadcast Tuesday night, Katie Couric asked Palin which newspapers and magazines she had regularly read in the past to “stay informed and to understand the world?” Replied Palin: “I’ve read most of them again with a great appreciation for the press, for the media…”

The Alaska governor declined to get specific when pressed by Couric to name a specific publication. “Um, all of them, any of them that have been in front of me over all these years,” she said.

Asked again which news organizations she was referring to, Palin told Couric she had “a vast variety of sources where we get our news. Alaska isn’t a foreign country where it’s kind of suggested that things like, Wow, how could you keep in touch with the rest of what Washington DC may be thinking and doing when you live up in Alaska. Believe me, Alaska is like a microcosm of America.”...

Read more: http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2008/09/30/palin-mum-on-what-she-reads/

[babylonsister]

1. She must read enough to consider banning books - - or not? nt

[DeepModem Mom]

3. Well that, from what we hear, would be true! nt

[babylonsister]

6. Or she's been getting advice from someone. I don't trust her! nt

[bigworld]

2. So I'm not guessing The Economist.

[DeepModem Mom]

5. Good one! nt

[laruemtt]

4. she has to appeal to joe six-pack who

would be offended if she actually read something. :crazy:

[maxsolomon]

7. "Whut'r you tryin' to read that word for?"

- from the bible of the future, Idiocracy.

[notadmblnd]

8. Surely she's read the National Enquirer and could name that as one?

I don't see her as being able to resist reading about herself.

[jb5150]

9. My Pet Goat

Perhaps....I hear it one of Bush's favorites, although he needs help with some of the big words.....He likes it so much he just can't put it down, even in times of national emergency.

[Buenaventura]

10. People - when she gets her hair done

[pattmarty]

11. Ya beat me to it!!!!! I hear this is required reading for.........

.......Republicans who run for office.

[New_England_Patriot]

12. She doesn't have to read or listen to any news!

She gets all of her insight from God. Just like Dubya! He's such a good role model.

:sarcasm:

[daleo]

13. That's a "gotcha" question

They just want to trip her up into admitting that she can read.

[LiberalFighter]

14. You would think she would had responded with one of these magazines.

[muriel_volestrangler]

15. Damn, I thought this meant her mother was going to spill the beans

and then I remembered this is the US ... :D