According to a new note posted to former Alaska Governor Sarah Palin's Facebook page, contrary to what many took away from recent comments of Palin's, she will not be giving up her fight against the news media.

Some outlets, including Fox News itself, had inferred the above change in strategy for the former governor from comments Palin made in apparent frustration Wednesday night to her Fox News Channel colleague Greta Van Susteren that included a declaration that she is finished "whining about a liberal press" so that she might concentrate on more important matters.

Among those important matters, the new note points out, is to keep challenging "the false reporting of an openly hostile press." In continuing that fight, the note likens Palin to a David-like figure "with just a few stones and a sling against a media giant."

"I’ll keep correcting false reporting, and I’ll defend others to the hilt," the note reads, "but I won’t spend any more precious, limited time responding to personal, vulgar, sexist venom spewed my way."

The note appears to say that Palin will be giving up trying to defend herself against expressions of U.S. culture's pervasive bias against women because they constitute a distraction, but that she'll continue to fight against perceived political bias against conservatives.

The note makes no distinction between commentary and reportage or between opinions and facts.

Read the full text of the new note below, reproduced entirely, including the pull-out quotation at the beginning (italics preserved from the original).

Lamestream Media: Reload or White Flag?

“Let’s keep pivoting around media bias, and not get distracted with the vulgar personal shots. Call out lies and set the record straight, but always keep the ball moving. No one ever won a game only playing defense.”

Upon my return from an outstanding and productive trip to India and Israel, I’ve been inundated with requests to respond to petty comments made in the media the past few days, including one little fella’s comment which decent people would find degrading. (I won’t bother responding to it though, because it was made by he who reminds me of an annoying little mosquito found zipped up in your tent; he can’t do any harm, but buzzes around annoyingly until it’s time to give him the proverbial slap.)

I’ve given this a lot of thought, and I’d like to share my thoughts on the never-ending issue of media bias.

When it comes to responding to the media, the standard warning is: Don’t pick a fight with people who buy ink by the barrel because calling out the media and holding them accountable is a risky endeavor. Too often the first instinct is to ignore blatant media bias, crudeness, and outright lies, and just hope the media instigator will grow up and provide fairer coverage if you bite your tongue and not challenge the false reporting of an openly hostile press. But I’ve never bought into that. That’s waving the white flag. I just can’t do it because I have too much respect for the importance of a free press as a cornerstone of our democracy, and I have great respect for the men and women in uniform who sacrifice so much to defend that First Amendment right. Media, with freedom comes responsibility.

Friends, too often conservatives or Republicans in general come across as having the fighting instinct of sheep. I don’t. I was raised to believe that you don’t retreat when you’re on solid ground; so even though it often seems like I’m armed with just a few stones and a sling against a media giant, I’ll use those small resources to do what I can to set the record straight. The truth is always worth fighting for. Doing so isn’t whining or “playing the victim card”; it’s defending the truth in fairness to those who seek accurate information. I’ll keep attempting to correct misinformation and falsehoods about myself and my record, and I will certainly never shy from defending others who are unfairly attacked. This is in the name of justice.