Sarah Palin either won’t or can’t name one newspaper she reads on a regular basis.

In the latest installment of Katie Couric’s interview with John McCain’s vice-presidential running mate, Palin says she considers herself a feminist, talks about the morning-after pill as a form of contraception, said she wasn’t going to judge Americans on personal relationships when asked about homosexuality, and she would not or could not name a single news source that she turns to for information.

Couric: And when it comes to establishing your worldview, I was curious, what newspapers and magazines did you regularly read before you were tapped for this to stay informed and to understand the world?

Palin: I’ve read most of them, again with a great appreciation for the press, for the media.

Couric: What, specifically?

Palin: Um, all of them, any of them that have been in front of me all these years.

Couric: Can you name a few?

Palin: I have a vast variety of sources where we get our news, too. Alaska isn’t a foreign country, where it’s kind of suggested, ‘Wow, how could you keep in touch with what the rest of Washington, DC, may be thinking when you live up there in Alaska?’ Believe me, Alaska is like a microcosm of America."

On contraception, Palin said although she personally doesn’t approve of the use of the morning-after pill, she stressed that that’s not McCain-Palin policy, and she said she’s "all for contraception" to decrease the number of abortions.

Meanwhile, although Palin touts her state’s proximity to Russia as part of her foreign policy experience, AP reports that she hasn’t met with Russian leaders or delegations, negotiated any Russian issues or visited the country.

A review of Palin’s records show that she has only negotiated with Canada, and until last week’s visit to the United Nations, had met with the leader of only one other country – Iceland.

But Palin’s foreign policy adviser Steve Biegun said that’s not a handicap. "Governors don’t have the same opportunities or the same responsibilities that senators have. They’re different, but they’re not inferior," he said.

Palin also has said that Alaska and Russia engage in trade missions. But Steve Smirnoff, the Russian Federation’s honorary consul in Anchorage, said Palin never accepted his invitation to talk with Russia.

Palin also has cited vigilance against Russian warplanes coming into U.S. airspace over Alaska as another one of her foreign policy credentials.

"When you consider even national security issues with Russia, as (Prime Minister Vladimir) Putin rears his head and comes into the airspace of the United States of America, where — where do they go? It’s Alaska," Palin told Couric last week.

But the AP says the U.S. military command in charge says that hasn’t happened in her 21 months in office.

McCain-Palin campaign spokeswoman Maria Comella clarified in an e-mail to the AP that when "Russian incursions near Alaskan airspace and inside the air defense identification zone have occurred … U.S. Air Force fighters have been scrambled repeatedly."

The air defense identification zone extends 12 miles past the perimeter of the United States. But a spokesman for the Alaska region of the North American Aerospace Defense Command at Elmendorf Air Force Base said no Russian military planes have been flying into that zone.

"To be very clear, there has not been any incursion in U.S. airspace in recent years," the spokesman said.