Rolling Stone Portrays Alleged Boston Bomber As Dreamy Teen Heartthrob.

[Zeze]

Rolling Stone Portrays Alleged Boston Bomber As Dreamy Teen Heartthrob.

Another great link from Boston.com; Rolling Stone responds to controversy

Sparks criticism from Boston Mayber Menino; some stores won't sell issue.

Boston Mayor Thomas M. Menino said in a letter to Jann Wenner, publisher of the magazine, that the cover for the Aug. 3 issue “rewards a terrorist with celebrity treatment. It is ill-conceived, at best, and re-affirms a terrible message that destruction gains fame for killers and their ‘causes.’”

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Governor Deval Patrick said the cover photo, which is accompanied by a profile of Tsarnaev, is “out of taste.”

The CVS, Roche Bros., Tedeschi, Cumberland Farms, Walgreens, and Stop & Shop chains said they would not put the issue on their shelves.

Personally, I'm not too crazy about it either way. I understand RS tried to paint him as a real human being and how he's come to be, not an one-dimensional demon.

But such cover does make him look like a popstar/rockstar icon.

 

[surfsatwerk]

No such thing as bad publicity.

 

[Atreus21]

...I'm not so sure this means the sky is falling. It appears to be an insight into how he went nuts.

It doesn't seem to scream, "Look at the sexy dreamy child-murderer!"

 

[SheHateMe]

If this kid wasn't a terrorist...I'd definitely smash. There is no doubt that he is extremely attractive....

but damn, why put a terrorist on the cover of rolling stone? Thats a slap in the face to everyone that was hurt in the bombing. He isn't a superstar....

 

[Zeze]

...I'm not so sure this means the sky is falling. It appears to be an insight into how he went nuts.

It doesn't seem to scream, "Look at the sexy dreamy child-murderer!"

Well, their point is that any psycho shooters in the past, present, future are further enabled by this fame.

I mean, a nice headshot of Tsarnaev is on Rolling Stone's cover. Man, that's one way to get on a rock magazine's cover. This very attention is the fulfillment of these terrorists. RS just took it to another level.

 

[Londo_Jowo]

I could care less, I haven't bought a Rolling Stones magazine since the mid 70's.

 

[nextJin]

Whoever had this idea needs a raise.

 

[Nintendesert]

RS making money on it, this is the press they wanted. They must have been facing the abyss of irrelevancy and were frightened by it. I'm sure this terrorist is going to get a lot of fan mail from a lot of very moist women too.

 

[SheHateMe]

Its getting banned from a lot of chain stores. So, I guess this is going to be a special edition, online only order..

 

[michal1980]

liberal media turns innocent men into villain (Zimmerman). And terrorist into hero.


Talk about being f-ed up

 

[Zebo]

liberal media turns innocent men into villain (Zimmerman). And terrorist into hero.


Talk about being f-ed up

^^^

 

[Kadarin]

liberal media turns innocent men into villain (Zimmerman). And terrorist into hero.


Talk about being f-ed up

Yeah.

 

[monovillage]

It's always a good idea to make terrorists, serial killers and multiple murderers into celebrities. We don't have enough of them occurring so the media needs to do what it can to promote more of them.

 

[unokitty]

What is the difference between patrol and sentry dogs?
When a sentry dog was released the situation had evolved to the point that deadly force was also authorized. You could shoot firearms, throw grenades, explode claymore land mines, call in air support, call in artillery, or release the sentry dog to attack (if you really wanted to hurt him).

Some days, I miss my old dog...

Uno
Sentry Dog Handler
US Army 69-71

 

[Fenixgoon]

Time put the Twin Towers on its Sept 14, 2001 issue and Osama bin Laden on its Oct 01, 2001 and Nov 26,2001 issues. Hope those who are pissed now were pissed 12 years ago at Time.

Seeing as there's plenty of discussion on the cover, my guess is Rolling Stone's strategy is working / will work.

 

[HamburgerBoy]

Time put the Twin Towers on its Sept 14, 2001 issue and Osama bin Laden on its Oct 01, 2001 and Nov 26,2001 issues. Hope those who are pissed now were pissed 12 years ago at Time.

Seeing as there's plenty of discussion on the cover, my guess is Rolling Stone's strategy is working / will work.

I don't get a pulsating erection looking at the Twin Towers or Osama. Rolling Stone should know that I have no control over my blood pressure.

 

[werepossum]

If this kid wasn't a terrorist...I'd definitely smash. There is no doubt that he is extremely attractive....

but damn, why put a terrorist on the cover of rolling stone? Thats a slap in the face to everyone that was hurt in the bombing. He isn't a superstar....

He is now.

 

[Zebo]

Serial killers get thousands of marriage proposals. Those Menendez brothers had hot ass women outside court .... Sociopathic women have hormones too.

 

[Doppel]

I am just loving his summer apparel! His fall line comes out in August and I just cannot wait to see his touch on casual clothes for the late night scene.

 

[Atomic Playboy]

I can understand the impetus behind trying to humanize the monster to try to make sense of where his life went wrong, what warning signs there were and how can we stop this sort of thing from happening again. I get that. But it does come across as being in exceptionally poor taste to have a glam photo of a terrorist on the cover of Rolling Stone. Time magazine, among others, had photos of Osama bin Laden on the cover post-9/11, but they didn't make him look like a sexy pin-up or hero. You can humanize the monster, but you can't make it seem like it's forgiving the actions.

 

[Lash444]

These guys know exactly what they are doing.

They can downplay all they want about why they chose to put this monster on their cover.

They can say whatever they want about their reasoning to justify their decision.

The fact is, their choice was completely calculated. Do you honestly think for a second that they couldn't foresee a backlash? They chose to do it anyway.

It has to be increasingly difficult to grab headlines and attention as a physical media in a digital world. Have you ever made a post concerning the actions of Rolling Stone magazine before? Whens the last time you even mentioned this magazine in conversation?

If you reward the people who capitalize on filth, you can expect more filth in the future.

 

[BallaTheFeared]

I never caught any feelings from the cover.

 

[Wheezer]

Why this fucktard on the cover and not the victims or first responders?

Why didn't they do a rockstar cover with Tim McVeigh or better yet why not a cool cover with Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold? It's called class.

Obviously Rolling Stone has lost it.

 

[jpeyton]

He's pretty dreamy, no?

 

[JackBurton]

This almost as bad as having Justin Bieber on the cover. Almost.