RollingStone crossed the line imo

[Beanflicker]

To be honest, I'm not a Rolling Stone reader. If the article turns out to be complete exploitative garbage, then I think they deserve the shit storm they get. But from what I've read of their intentions, I don't see anything wrong with going for what they are going for.

[Beanflicker]

To me, saying that they needed to use an unflattering picture of him is agenda-driven in itself, and almost a form of censorship. The public aren't stupid, they remember the horrible thing that he did. But the fact is, he was a normal kid who was well liked, had friends and did and liked what most 20 year olds do.

And I usually shit on the media for intentionally using the most sinister/ominous pictures they can find. Just like they did with Zimmerman and Trayvon: sinister, mean looking pictures for Zimmerman. Innocent, baby-faced pics of Trayvon.

[Onetime]

To me, saying that they needed to use an unflattering picture of him is agenda-driven in itself, and almost a form of censorship. The public aren't stupid, they remember the horrible thing that he did. But the fact is, he was a normal kid who was well liked, had friends and did and liked what most 20 year olds do.

And I usually shit on the media for intentionally using the most sinister/ominous pictures they can find. Just like they did with Zimmerman and Trayvon: sinister, mean looking pictures for Zimmerman. Innocent, baby-faced pics of Trayvon.

You seen the picture Fox using for Zimmerman he's smiling all fat

[Howlin Mad Missy]

So. Who has actually read the article?

[El Kabong]

Dzhokhar Tsarnaev: Jahar's World | Culture News | Rolling Stone

One of the most liberal and intellectually sophisticated cities in the U.S., Cambridge is also one of the most ethnically and economically diverse.


.....I hope they didn't strain anything patting themselves on the back

[El Kabong]

"In terms of politics, I'd say he's just as anti-American as the next guy in Cambridge"

There you have it....fucking liberals

[IamInuit]

I don't look at it as a right or left thing. I just view it as a right or wrong thing. Regardless of political stripes I just think its over the top. There is something wrong if the need to keep something antiquated afloat resorts to this kind of tactic. No doubt they may have broken a record in sales or perhaps increased stagnant sales generally but were the purchases made for the articles or the cover? At least when Manson appeared on the cover almost in Warhol fashion it was clear he was a psychopath. This mad bomber is depicted as a hipster Jim Morrison look alike with an expression in kind and almost victimized in parts of the article.

It all seems so schizophrenic.