Quick Fact: On Oprah, Palin repeats falsehood that media didn't criticize “other candidates” over fashion
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During an interview with Oprah Winfrey, Sarah Palin trumpeted the false claim from her memoir, Going Rogue, that criticism over reports that the Republican National Committee spent $150,000 to clothe and accessorize Palin and her family represented a “double standard,” because “it wasn't a controversy with other candidates.” In fact, Democratic primary candidates Barack Obama, Hillary Clinton, Joe Biden, and John Edwards were repeatedly criticized for their clothing and hair.