Gov. Sarah Palin's Facebook page posted an 861-word screed late Tuesday morning in response to author Joe McGinniss's interview on the Today show earlier that day. The post denigrates McGinniss's work, even going so far as to call him a "self-proclaimed 'journalist'," and ladles great dollops of scorn chowder on news media as a whole. After a lengthy syllogism on how allowing McGinniss a public forum to comment on events in his own life constitutes an injustice against Palin, the author of the note sets up a conclusion with a brief homage to Stan Lee, the creator of Spider Man: "Freedom of the press is integral to our democracy, but reporters must be held accountable because with power comes responsibility." Generally speaking, the Palin Facebook post reflects banal, contemporary confusions between fact and opinion and subjectivity and objectivity, but it is specifically interesting in one regard. The Facebook note claims that NBC producers solicited comments from her and Todd to use as screen graphics in conjunction with the broadcast of McGinniss's appearance, but then never aired them. The unaired responses follow, verbatim, according to the Palin Facebook page's note:

“McGinniss has followed us for some time now, from showing up on our doorstep last winter, bidding over $60,000 for a military charity auction dinner with me, writing the hit pieces, attending at least one Outside book event, etc. He has a right to pursue his subject, I suppose, and certainly has a right to live wherever he wants, but my family also has a right to expect privacy, and hopefully to enjoy peace this summer. Good fences do make for good neighbors. The fence is now up, and I hope that we can enjoy peace. The media sensationalizes the recent McGinniss’ tactic so the public will tune in to whatever the latest episode is, always with ratings in mind, and that’s unfortunate.” -Sarah Palin

“What’s also unfortunate is journalists’ tactics like this, because it keeps good people from wanting to get involved in public service.” - Todd Palin

If you are certain you can tell the difference between commentary and reportage, or an opinion and a fact, read more of the Facebook page note, here. Otherwise, don't bother; you'll just get pulled deeper into one of U.S. culture's multiplying epistemic black holes.