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Mayor Palin and The Press

Something I learned from Newsweek‘s Sarah Palin (“Palintology”) cover story: As Mayor of Wasilla, Palin “imposed a gag order to keep city personnel from talking to...
September 9, 2008

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Something I learned from Newsweek‘s Sarah Palin (“Palintology”) cover story:

As Mayor of Wasilla, Palin “imposed a gag order to keep city personnel from talking to the press.”

(Oh, and also, as Palin studies up on what a McCain aide calls “McCain World,” Palin “likes to get her study points on large index cards…”)

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Liz Cox Barrett is a writer at CJR.