Rolling Stone puts Boston bombing suspect on cover

unsung

Rolling Stone is also chickenshit for not investigating the death of Michael Hastings. I mean the family was waiting for his body and it shows up in an urn. I'm saying he was assassinated and they wouldn't investigate this administration.

JimmyV

Its Evolution Baby wrote:

JimmyV wrote:

Its Evolution Baby wrote:

To me...this is no big deal. Didn't Time name Bin Laden Person of the Year or was he just nominated?

Rolling Stone has ALWAYS covered politics and usually cover it from a liberal perspective. Conservatives should be pleased they don't take the side of the Free Jahar wackos.

Have you read the piece? (I have not.) Maybe I am wrong but based on the description can we be really sure this isn't taking his supporters' side or painting him in a sympathetic, victimized light? That seems far from clear.

The text read: "The Bomber. How a popular, promising student was failed by his family, fell into radical Islam and became a monster."

The magazine says the article itself is a deeply-researched account of the suspect.

-- A public plea from his former wrestling coach may have ultimately convinced Tsarnaev to surrender when police surrounded the boat in which he was hiding.

-- He played down the fact that he was a Muslim in high school. But he also took his religion seriously.

-- He once let slip to a friend that the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks could be justified because of U.S. policies toward Muslim countries.

I think calling him a Monster is pretty accurate and shows what there conclusion will be. I will be reading the article (for free hopefully) and if it's a trash piece I'll change my opinion. I haven't bought a Rolling Stone since Eddie was on the cover, and had I known that pissed him off I wouldn't have bought that one. I subscribed from like 96 to 99 when I was in high school but when music started to suck so did the magazine.

I do hope you are right. The "failed by his family, fell into radical Islam" bit concerns me.

Haven't paid for an issue of Rolling Stone since their "tribute" to Allen Ginsburg after he passed away. The guy lived this incredibly eventful and impactful life that RS essentially boiled down to "He was gay and in love with Neal Cassady."

ajedigecko

unsung wrote:

Rolling Stone is also chickenshit for not investigating the death of Michael Hastings. I mean the family was waiting for his body and it shows up in an urn. I'm saying he was assassinated and they wouldn't investigate this administration.

HAARP and Hastings and assination?

JonnyPistachio

JimmyV wrote:

To me the issue is not that he is on the cover. His image has been shown enough now that it is easily recognizable. It is a fair question whether or not that image belongs on the cover of a magazine like Rolling Stone, so opinions will vary.

The greater issue and the reason why this has sparked such outrage is the image Rolling Stone chose to use. Take away all the text on that cover, forget all that you know about Bomber #2, and that picture looks like any other rock star image you would find on the cover of Rolling Stone. That is glamorizing him and that is out of line. This is not just another picture of bin Laden or the Unibomber. This is a sexed-up picture of a murderer that has no place on the cover a music/pop culture magazine. That they once upon a time featured Charles Manson is no excuse. They were wrong to do that too.

I was thinking the same thing. I wonder if there would've been outrage if they used a photo like this one:

JonnyPistachio

ajedigecko wrote:

If they were wise...they could have put the faces of the victims.

very good point.

chadwick

well played, assholes! i thought rolling stone was to be about music? yes, they do write-ups about other topics, i get that. it's just stupid as shit because a lot of innocent people were maimed & even killed. so will rolling stone be giving all profits of this issue to suffering victims & their families? this is a must

Indifference

Article=Fine. Cover=NO.

kenny olav

Rolling Stone deserves all the condemnation they are getting for this and more... it's hard to pinpoint exactly when they started to sink into a pile of their own excrement, but now they've buried themselves in it. I sincerely hope they go out of business now. I'm all for freedom of speech, but this is extremely poor taste, and I hope people vote accordingly with their wallets.

It's not even worthy of being used as toilet paper anymore... but I wouldn't mind seeing EV wipe his ass with it one more time... in Worcester. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5IcZ2yBcvFQ

Indifference

RS comment today:


Our hearts go out to the victims of the Boston Marathon bombing, and our thoughts are always with them and their families. The cover story we are publishing this week falls within the traditions of journalism and Rolling Stone’s long-standing commitment to serious and thoughtful coverage of the most important political and cultural issues of our day. The fact that Dzhokhar Tsarnaev is young, and in the same age group as many of our readers, makes it all the more important for us to examine the complexities of this issue and gain a more complete understanding of how a tragedy like this happens.

JimmyV

Indifference wrote:

RS comment today:


Our hearts go out to the victims of the Boston Marathon bombing, and our thoughts are always with them and their families. The cover story we are publishing this week falls within the traditions of journalism and Rolling Stone’s long-standing commitment to serious and thoughtful coverage of the most important political and cultural issues of our day. The fact that Dzhokhar Tsarnaev is young, and in the same age group as many of our readers, makes it all the more important for us to examine the complexities of this issue and gain a more complete understanding of how a tragedy like this happens.

PS: We have not had this much attention or cultural relevancy in years. We kinda missed it.

hedonist

JimmyV wrote:

PS: We have not had this much attention or cultural relevancy in years. We kinda missed it.

Excellente

norm

JimmyV wrote:

Indifference wrote:

RS comment today:


Our hearts go out to the victims of the Boston Marathon bombing, and our thoughts are always with them and their families. The cover story we are publishing this week falls within the traditions of journalism and Rolling Stone’s long-standing commitment to serious and thoughtful coverage of the most important political and cultural issues of our day. The fact that Dzhokhar Tsarnaev is young, and in the same age group as many of our readers, makes it all the more important for us to examine the complexities of this issue and gain a more complete understanding of how a tragedy like this happens.

PS: We have not had this much attention or cultural relevancy in years. We kinda missed it.

exactly!

and jann, it's not the article most people are upset about, it's putting him on the cover which you clearly didn't address in your horseshit statement

peacefrompaul

I don't really give a shit

Its Evolution Baby

The Cover is a little over the top. I kinda get what they were going for but it looks like it failed.

Still want to read the article without buying the crappy mag.

Bronx Bombers

Its Evolution Baby wrote:

The Cover is a little over the top. I kinda get what they were going for but it looks like it failed.

Still want to read the article without buying the crappy mag.

Its on the website you can read it for free

musicismylife78

pjl44 wrote:

Media outlets continue to ignore forensic psychiatrists who claim that publicity like this leads to future tragedies. They have every right to publish something like this, but need to understand the contribution they're making to the next mass killing.

I disagree. In the long run its like those who blame school shootings on marilyn manson and eminem, or the idea that ozzy or judas preist cause teens to commit suicide.

Ultimately our society is obsessed with violence and death. Always has been. And its a violent world. Look at the news. On any station. Or any newspaper. RS is no different than any newspaper in the world. They all glorify it. They all make money off it.

In the end its alot like what will happen with Trayvon. The media focuses on one thing for a few weeks, then moves on to the next tragedy. No effort is expended into seriously discussing issues about why. Or how we might prevent it.

In the end the media is just a mirror for what we are. Violence and blood obsessed.

RS is to blame but we all are. All of us. We parent these kids. We throw them by the wayside. We look the other way. We buy stuff that glorifies violence and war. We stand by and elect leaders who glorify these things.

And worst of all we make a mockery of the victims by dealing superficially with the problem. Im sorry, getting rid of gangsta rap, or mysogynostic and violent media, or getting someone off a cover of a magazine isnt really dealing with the issues.

We deal with it in this way because we dont want to change. Banning assault rifles is a step, but does it really get at the issue of WHY someone commits crimes? Clearly it doesnt.

Thirty Bills Unpaid

musicismylife78 wrote:

pjl44 wrote:

Media outlets continue to ignore forensic psychiatrists who claim that publicity like this leads to future tragedies. They have every right to publish something like this, but need to understand the contribution they're making to the next mass killing.

I disagree.

Of course you do.

Byrnzie

SVRDhand13 wrote:

Bronx Bombers wrote:

From Dave Draiman of Disturbed

How far the mighty have fallen,

I used to dream of making the cover of Rolling Stone magazine, as it used to be the ultimate statement of legitimacy for an aspiring musician and it meant that you had really made it. Over the past 5 years, Rolling Stone has become less and less about music, and has become more and more about bullshit, pop culture nonsense. Even though many of us may not care for it, we were able to live with it…until this.

You…Dare…To…Put…The…Image…Of…The…Boston…Bomber…On…The…Fucking…Cover…Of…Your…Magazine!!!!????

Are you out of your ultra-liberal, sympathetic to a fault, fucking minds??? You have not only succeeded in blatantly insulting and dishonoring the victims and families whose lives were forever effected by this rabid animal, but you have now glorified his cowardly and unforgivable act. Why? Because it will sell magazines? Because it will create controversy? Because you actually do sympathize with this abhorrent, cowardly, piece of shit? You have made it attractive and validated the act, to a whole new generation of wanna be terrorists seeking martyrdom and infamy. You, and your kind are the reason why people think that they can go out “in a blaze of glory” while murdering innocents. Honestly, and i mean this from the bottom of my heart…Go…Fuck…Yourselves.

The next terrorist/murdering incident, be it another bomber, or a madman with an assault rifle, unleashing fire upon a school full of children, is on you.

May your consciences (if you even have them) weigh immeasurable heavy on you for the rest of your lives. I condemn this act, this notion, and this worthless piece of shit fucking rag of a magazine. May the powers that be have mercy upon your souls, because the next time something like this happens, i assure you, the world wont.

-Go to hell

This is fantastic. And it convinced me to not renew my subscription.

How does putting his picture on the cover make them sympathetic, and mean they glorify the bombings?

Sounds to me like this prick is jealous he never made it onto the cover.

The title of the piece is:

"THE BOMBER - How a popular, promising student was failed by his family, fell into radical Islam and became a monster."

Pretty self-explanatory really.

Byrnzie

His picture was all over the newspapers and t.v and internet news media too. Where was all your outrage over that?

Byrnzie

musicismylife78 wrote:

pjl44 wrote:

Media outlets continue to ignore forensic psychiatrists who claim that publicity like this leads to future tragedies. They have every right to publish something like this, but need to understand the contribution they're making to the next mass killing.

I disagree. In the long run its like those who blame school shootings on marilyn manson and eminem, or the idea that ozzy or judas preist cause teens to commit suicide.

Ultimately our society is obsessed with violence and death. Always has been. And its a violent world. Look at the news. On any station. Or any newspaper. RS is no different than any newspaper in the world. They all glorify it. They all make money off it.

In the end its alot like what will happen with Trayvon. The media focuses on one thing for a few weeks, then moves on to the next tragedy. No effort is expended into seriously discussing issues about why. Or how we might prevent it.

In the end the media is just a mirror for what we are. Violence and blood obsessed.

RS is to blame but we all are. All of us. We parent these kids. We throw them by the wayside. We look the other way. We buy stuff that glorifies violence and war. We stand by and elect leaders who glorify these things.

And worst of all we make a mockery of the victims by dealing superficially with the problem. Im sorry, getting rid of gangsta rap, or mysogynostic and violent media, or getting someone off a cover of a magazine isnt really dealing with the issues.

We deal with it in this way because we dont want to change. Banning assault rifles is a step, but does it really get at the issue of WHY someone commits crimes? Clearly it doesnt.

Damn right. I wonder if there would have been the same amount of outrage and chest-beating if this picture and article had appeared in Time magazine instead?

Isn't the point of them choosing this particular photo of him - his Twitter profile picture - to highlight how someone so apparently assimilated into U.S culture could end up resorting to an act of terrorism?