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  • We chose the most interesting image available to us to illustrate the theme of the cover, which is what we always try to do. We apply the same test to photographs of any public figure, male or female: does the image convey what we are saying? That is a gender-neutral standard.

    "Official Statement on NEWSWEEK's Sarah Palin Cover". www.newsweek.com. November 17, 2009.