What is Rolling Stone thinking?

[Mike80911]

This just leaves me speechless.

7-Eleven Backtracks, Now Says It Won't Sell Rolling Stone's 'Bomber' Issue

[Joe Bob]

They put Charlie on the cover....why not? Screw Apu and 7-11.

Check the Constitution.....something in there about freedom to be douche bags in print.

It's not like the cover pic was posed and taken by an RS staffer. The media is comparing it to the Lizard King shot.

They are trying to sell copies. I'll never read the rag but they have the right to print it.

[GH85Carrera]

They were thinking it will be real controversial, and generate a lot of buzz and get the name of the magazine out there, and generate sales of the magazine.

It is all about selling copies, nothing more.

[onewhippedpuppy]

What's so controversial about it? If it is genuinely a study of how an outwardly normal teen spiraled into a terrorist monster, I think it is worthy of discussion. It's not as if they are painting him as some sort of hero.

[Chocaholic]

Yep. They probably liked his hair. No deeper thought went into the decision.

[KaptKaos]

they desperately want to be relevant. Fail.

[yazhound]

How about read the article and then crit. It's not just a music mag. Have always been topical. Best yer ass baby, I mean come on you know you like you know you want it, I mean yeah baby... put the Nug! on ..... would you be screaming? Others might ***** about right wing nut job nra freak on the cover and blabbing his schitck. Right? Read the article and check back.....

Is it only ok to put such fare in National Review, Sociology Today... The Times... etc? Should RS be forbidden? And yep on the cover to sell, it is their business. And may be some individual will pick up the mag and get a more thorough take on the guy then you got in the quick and easy stuff that came out right after the bombing. Ya think?

[sammyg2]

They were thinking that they need to do something totally outrageous to get some attention in order to get ANYONE to buy a copy of the POS rag they publish.

I can think of very few examples of a bigger waste of money or discussion.

[yazhound]

Nice critique Sammy. Very eloquent.

[Rot 911]

I think everybody is hitting the target here. When was the last time anyone talked about RS?

[Rikao4]

believe it was when General Crystal went down..

Rika

[bivenator]

I don't like him being on the cover. The were people (supporters?) outside his court appearance with Free Johar signage. I really don't want to turn him into a martyr.

Write the article, read the article and learn from it, but don't glorify this POS with a magazine cover.

I always thought Spin was a better music magazine.

[Hydrocket]

At least they had the balls to put such a controversial figure on the cover.

Remember when 9/11 happened? Time was too much of a sissy to have OBL as "Man of the Year".

[techweenie]

Some people love to get all in a tizzy over every little thing.

We were more grown up back in '79

[sammyg2]

Originally Posted by yazhound

Nice critique Sammy. Very eloquent.

Thank you. I prefer honest and truthful to eloquent, but I'll take what I can get.

[Joe Bob]

First edition had......?......on the cover. He was barred from entering the US and compared himself to God.

WTF is the diff? They like to be controversial.

Move aloing, nothing going on here.

Oh and BTW.....

[RANDY P]

rs= trash.

[gtc]

Originally Posted by Rot 911

I think everybody is hitting the target here. When was the last time anyone talked about RS?

Eh, Matt Taibbi pumps out a few inflammatory (yet mediocre) articles a year.

I don't understand what people find so offensive about the cover.

[varmint]

rolling stone is a magazine for people who need to be told what sort of music they should like.


as for the photo of tsarnaeve, i guess jan wenner has a thing for pale whispy chechen boys.

[dan88911]

Have not read it. Don't plan to buy it.
However the discussion I have heard says the story is about how and other wise good immigrate kid on the right track becomes a terrorist.

Some one that does fit our profile. I don't know could be B.S.