Daily Finance: Palin photog breached contract with sale to Newsweek

According to Jeff Bercovici at Daily Finance, the photographer who shot the photo of Sarah Palin in shorts that was on the cover of Newsweak didn't have the rights to sell the pic to the anti-Palin leftist newsmag. That photo was taken for a profile of Sarah Palin for Runners World magazine:

A spokeswoman for Runner's World confirms that Adams's contract contained a clause stipulating that his photos of Palin would be under embargo for a period of one year following publication -- meaning until August 2010. "Runner's World did not provide Newsweek with its cover image," the spokeswoman said. "It was provided to Newsweek by the photographer's stock agency, without Runner's World's knowledge or permission." The spokeswoman declined to say whether Runner's World intends to respond to Adams's breach of contract with legal action.

Here's video of a discussion about the issue on last night's Hannity:



- JP

Run, Sarah, Run!

From the August 2009 issue of Runner's World, an interview with Gov. Sarah Palin. An excerpt:

"I like running alone and having the Secret Service with me added a little bit of pressure. I'm thinking I gotta have good form and can't be hyperventilating and can't be showing too much pain and that adds a little more pressure on you as you're trying to be out there enjoying your run. Then I fell coming down a hill and was so stinkin' embarrassed that a golf cart full of Secret Service guys had to pull up beside me. My hands just got torn up and I was dripping blood. In the debate you could see a big fat ugly Band-Aid on my right hand. I have a nice war wound now as a reminder of that fall in the palm of my right hand. For much of the campaign, shaking hands was a little bit painful."

As one of Ace's commenters quipped, Gov. Palin actually admits that she fell down, while the arrogant John Kerry would have blamed a Secret Service agent for tripping him.

Read the entire interview. Runners World also includes a slide show with seven shots which prove that a bad photograph of the governor very rarely gets taken.

- JP