ok, so....here is the 1st amendment, in case sarah palin wants to check her facts...seems she thinks that the 1st amendment bars the press from criticizing her...

Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances.