The flap over Sarah Palin’s photo on the cover of Newsweek magazine is turning into a fray…

To use the words of TV detective Monk, “here’s what happened…” USA/

Newsweek put Palin on the cover ahead of the release of her book “Going Rogue.”

Usually magazine covers before a big book launch are prized, but the former Republican vice presidential candidate didn’t quite see it that way.

Palin criticized Newsweek for using the photo of her in athletic gear which was taken for an interview with a running magazine, and wrote on her Facebook page: “The out-of-context Newsweek approach is sexist and oh-so-expected by now.”