Sarah Palin, not happy with the media

Timsomor: Can you believe all this started over the question, "What books do you read?"

The battle between Sarah Palin and the media is getting personal.

The latest flare-up: A conversation on tape between Alaska television journalists about possible disruptions at a rally for Joe Miller, Palin's favored Senate candidate in Alaska.

"Those are corrupt bastards, Chris," Palin told Chris Wallace ofFox News Sunday. "That's what is wrong with the media today, when they have their chosen one, and nine times out of 10 -- heck, 10 times out of 10 in the liberal media -- it's going to be the liberal is the chosen one. So we have a problem there with what Joe Miller has had to face."

Palin also made reference to "kind of what I put up with for two years now with the media."

The Alaska station issued a statement:

It's unfortunate that this recording has happened. It's unfortunate because it does not accurately reflect the journalistic standards of our newsroom and the garbled context will no doubt leave more questions than answers. The Miller campaign's analysis of the recording is incorrect in many material ways ranging from personnel involved in the conversation, the interpretation of conversation snippets and the reported transcript of the perceived garbled conversation.

As Palin considers a presidential bid of her own, it may be worth noting that President Obama doesn't have a real high opinion of the news media either.

"We've made progress, but I know that sometimes, as we're grinding out this change, and there's all the negative ads and the pundits on TV and there's still a lot of unemployment out here, and sometimes people feel discouraged," Obama said Sunday in Cleveland.

As for Palin's 2012 plans, check out this exchange with Wallace on Fox:

WALLACE: I think you're having too much fun. I think you're making too much money. You're still a big player in national politics. You don't have 100 people like me chasing you around saying, What does she read in the morning? I don't think you're going to run.

PALIN: You know, the country is worth it, though, to make those sacrifices, when we talk about making money today, having a lot of fun today, having all this freedom.

If the country needed me -- and I'm not saying that the country does and that the country would ever necessarily want to choose me over anyone else, but I would be willing to make the sacrifices if need be for America.