Bomber as rock star? Rolling Stone cover outrage

[Vehicle]

I wasn't sure if this qualified as 'music news' or not, or if it needs to be moved somewhere else.


Bomber as rock star? Rolling Stone cover outrage



The magazine doesn't come out until tomorrow, so we only have the cover.

From a 'first look' perspective, I have to admit, my very first thought was that it was some young, new artist.

That's the complaint most have. The way RS is presenting the guy, making him look hip and cool or whatever.

However, you can see the bottom part of the cover is cut off, and I'm guessing right under the word 'The', is probably 'Bomber'. I'm guessing this was intentional, for this article, to get their point across. It worked on me. Like I said, I thought it was a musician.

I don't subscribe to RS, and the main reason is the political content found in their magazine. Not that I agree or disagree with their views, I just don't care at all about politics.

It does feel (to me, anyway) insensitive the victims, their family and friends, to put this guy on the cover this way. Like I said, I thought it was some young, up and coming artist.

 

[Hydrazoic Acid]

Fate of this bastard must be impalement or the fry-up alive to simmer, but not place on a cover of "Rolling Stone". The one, who proposed the idea of ​​that cover, thought clearly not brain. In which world we live!? Muslim terrorists are proclaimed superstars!

 

[LOU/REALM]

One word......"Sick"

 

[LG]

Looks like a tawdry attempt to gain publicity for the magazine to me, won't work I don't read RS anymore and haven't for decades.

The Constitution legislates freedom of the press, but doesn't enforce good taste or intelligence unfortunately.

I think this will hurt RS far more than help them in the long run.

 

[Mr. Bob Dobolina]

It's not the first time Rolling Stone has pulled this.

 

[LG]

^^I'd forgotten about Chuck...but calling him the most dangerous man alive even back in the day is a bit of a stretch...

I think they had a Patty Hearst cover too, when she was "brainwashed" in the SLA after being kidnapped.

 

[johnson33445]

I don't understand the outrage. We've had magazine covers before with Osama Bin Laden, Hitler, Charles Manson, et al. Where was the outrage at that time?

 

[Hydrazoic Acid]

johnson33445, appropriate people were outraged and in those times, simply apparently, the authorities "Rolling Stone" magazine - are clinical morons.

 

[runningshoes]

I guess nothing boosts circulation more than a good controversy.

 

[Sunny]

^^^ Well, I wouldn't be tempted to buy it just because he's on the cover.