I think the headline is misleading. Palin didn’t defend Gingrich really, she just agreed with him the the question was out-of-line for a nationally-televised Presidential debate (especially as the first question) and pointed out how the media overplayed their hand.
Headline is right on..Sarah clearly defended Newt against the media.
“I call them dumbarses,” said Palin in the interview, referring to the media. “They, thinking that by trotting out this old Gingrich divorce interview that’s old news — and it does feature a disgruntled ex, claiming that it would destroy his campaign — all this does, Sean, is incentivize conservatives and independents who are so sick of the politics of personal destruction, because it’s played so selectively by the media, that their target, in this case Newt, he’s now going to soar even more. Because we know the game now, and we just won’t put up with it. Good call, media.”