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Palin Won't Give Interviews Until Campaign Is Ready, Davis Says

By Jim O'Connell

Sept. 7 (Bloomberg) -- Republican vice presidential nominee Sarah Palin isn't giving interviews to the news media and won't until ``the campaign is ready,'' campaign manager Rick Davis said today.

Palin will answer questions from reporters ``when we think it's time and when she feels comfortable doing it,'' Davis told ``Fox News Sunday.''

Palin, the governor of Alaska, was picked by Republican presidential nominee John McCain on Aug. 29 to be his running mate. Palin gave a speech at the Republican National Convention and has appeared at campaign events.

``She's not scared to answer questions, but you know what?'' Davis said. ``We run our campaign, not the news media.''

``Sarah Palin will have the opportunity to speak to the American people,'' Davis said. ``She will do interviews, but she'll do them on the terms and conditions'' the campaign decides.

Davis referred to the media as ``piranhas'' and said that reporters focused on Palin's personal life, including the pregnancy of her unmarried 17-year-old daughter.

The coverage last week was ``not what I would call objective journalism,'' Davis said. ``So until at which point in time we feel like the news media is going to treat her with some level of respect and deference, I think it would be foolhardy to put her out into that kind of environment.''