Sarah Palin has changed her stance on dealing with the mainstream media, Politico is reporting.

Tim Crawford, a top Palin aide, explained the strategy shift to Politico's Kenneth P. Vogel:

“This is just about getting the press to characterize the governor accurately. And, if that can be accomplished through Gov. Palin and some of the people around her talking to the press, we’ll try that....

“...Everyone has just come to the conclusion that being silent while other people talk about you and try to define you hasn’t netted the results that we’d necessarily like."

Vogel reports that Palin has "started cautiously cooperating with some of the same media outlets she and her supporters have accused of unfair and inaccurate coverage..."

The Politico article says her previous media strategy was "a high-impact, if unconventional, communication style that almost completely circumvents most traditional media. Instead, she's relied on conservative media outlets from which she is unlikely to face tough questioning (most notably Fox News, for which she is a paid contributor. She also taps social media such as Facebook and Twitter, combined with her own star power, to deliver cutting attacks on her opponents and the media that sometimes drive the political debate for days."

Vogel continues:

But in recent weeks, Palin and her staff have adopted elements of a more traditional media strategy, cooperating with a host of neutral media outlets, notably The New York Times, TIME and ABC News, all of which, at one time or another, have drawn fire from Palin backers for allegedly biased coverage.

That cooperation has resulted in mostly flattering features that broke little new critical ground. The latest MSM piece for which Palin consented to be interviewed is scheduled to air Friday morning on ABC’s “Good Morning America,” which sent co-anchor Robin Roberts to Alaska to interview Palin and follow her around.