[DiogenesKynikos]

Someone who feels challenged by the question, "What newspaper do you read?" is not ready for national politics. This is one step above, "What's your favorite food?"

Nobody is going to be that offended by what paper you read. I suggested "USA Today" because it's about the blandest paper you can pick, and nobody can really object to it. Your suggestion, the Wall Street Journal, is not at all difficult to come up with in the moment. It's probably the 2nd or 3rd most influential paper in the US.

Instead of just naming a newspaper, she froze like a deer in the headlights. That just confirmed what many people already thought - she probably reads nothing.

[earthboundkid]

She absolutely read the Alaskan newspaper. It’s silly to suggest otherwise. She may be a nut, but she managed to get elected, and that involves understanding local politics.

[DiogenesKynikos]

Trump doesn't read the news (he watches cable TV), and he got elected.

Palin doesn't come across as much of a reader, and it would not surprise me at all if she really didn't read the news.