Worst opening I've ever seen in a NY Review of Books article

From Diane Johnson, in an 11/5/09 review of the latest Margaret Atwood novel:

"Sarah Palin, the former governor of Alaska, announced on her Facebook page that she didn't want the lives of her elderly parents or her Down syndrome infant to be judged before Barack Obama's 'death panel.' It may be that Palin has been reading the works of Margaret Atwood, the distinguished Canadian writer ..."

Actually, I myself am rather inclined to think not.