Ah the voice of reason You re right the jab at liberalism was entirely unnecessary but alas I am only human Neutral Point of View is violated by assigning an unimportant fact undue weight In an article that is supposed to be about the governance of a state the choice to include a statement in the lead regarding how many times one may have traveled outside of North America again the distinction here is specifically chosen for example why the distinction between United States and North America or even Alaska and North America marks an attempt either consciously or unconsciously to push a certain POV upon the reader That POV happens to coincide with the Governor of Alaska being the current Vice Presidential nominee for the Republican party The argument that simply because it is a reliably sourced verifiable fact it should then have a place in the article is absurd I am sure that there are hundreds of reliably sourced verifiable facts about Sarah Palin which have nothing to do with her governance of the state of Alaska Thanks again for your response