The cover featured the boston bomber and has received a lot of back lash. Rolling stone has been criticized for giving him celeb treatment
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This disgusts me, the guys wanted to be famous so he harmed and killed people...and got it. We should not be "celebrating" these people with magazine covers, they are murders.
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I'm not a fan. There are certainly people who actually deserve to be on the cover of Rolling Stone, and that group does not include a murdering terrorist.
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When Hitler graced the cover of Life magazine we didn't know he was a sadistic f*ck, but in this case we know Tsarnev is a terrorist. I can't believe Rolling Stone is celebrating him. Where is the sensitivity for the victims? Where is the respect?
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I don't get it at all. And they make him look like a rockstar or something. I get that they are just looking to get people talking but I think that's stooping pretty low. Remember when teenage Britney half naked was controversial? Sad how low it's come.
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I think the cover is in poor taste. I understand wanting to get the story but there are many faces from this tragedy that deserve to be remembered and celebrated and this little monster is not one of them.
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I'm not a fan of it. Why does he need to be on the cover? The picture does make him look cool and rock star-ish... Which is not at all what I want to think of.
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Poor choice IMO, we don't need to make a terrorist into a celebrity.
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@bluestriped bee: the comparisons to the Jim Morrison cover make me sick
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Terrible. Media should never give these people the limelight like they are heroes. Shame on you.
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This makes me sick.
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I agree with everyone else. The cover makes me sick, especially because he looks rock star-ish and like he's being celebrated.
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This is very upsetting to me. Rolling Stone is an entertainment magazine. The loss of life and limb of innocent victims is not entertainment and terrorists are not celebrities. I wish that I used to buy Rolling Stone just so I could stop now.
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I think the Mayer of Boston said it best. They should've chosen to focus on the survivors or heroes of that day, not splash a picture of the bomber across the cover like a celebrity. Bad call!
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Ugh, I hate it. I hope no one buys a copy.
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Another response, this from the Boston firefighters.
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i think it is discusting. i cannot believe that multiple people, assuming how ever many people at that magazine have input on who goes on the cover, actually thought this was a good idea. like shocked. it is in completely poor taste and makes me sick. people lost their lives and limbs, and families and friends lost loved ones; making this scum bag out to be some sort of celebrity is beyond words. they should be so ashamed of themselves. i hope people do not support rolling stone and do not buy the magazine.
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The guy is a terrorist, not a rock star. That being said....Rolling Stone also once had Charles Manson on the cover. So this is something they do every now and then. Do I agree with it? No. I think it's in poor taste.
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I think it's a sick publicity stunt. Good or bad, they're in the press when their sales weren't as high as they used to be. It's just my opinion. I've not read the article and don't plan to, but I've heard it's not even worth the publicity. I just think it's sad. I don't plan to retain any memory of the bombers. I focus on the victims. They are who is important.
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@MamaMoose: Rolling Stone has been publishing some really strong journalism in recent years! Not a fan of this cover but theyve made a real effort to transcend their entertainment roots...
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Gross.
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@NovBaby1112: Yeah, good point. If there was one person on the board or committee that was personally affected by the bombing, I'm sure they wouldn't have published it. I don't know what they were thinking.
They said it will sell magazines. I see a lot of people boycotting or canceling their subscription. I certainly will not spend my money.
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His name and image should be banned from media altogether.
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How insulting....wow.
Out a picture of a newly handicapped running who got their limbs blasted off. -
I find it offensive. While I'm sure some people are interested in why he did it and how he got to be so radicalized, I don't find Rolling Stone to be the appropriate publication for such a feature. The picture they chose for the cover is just wrong. If you'd been living under a rock and managed to not see coverage of the bombings, I could see how a person would see that photo and think he was the latest teen heart throb.
Seems like they just wanted the publicity for their declining sales. All around poor taste.
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It shows how desperate for sales they are. I bet all the good writers from rolling stone's heyday are embarrassed. I'm disgusted. My dad subscribes and I'm going to encourage him to cancel his subscription.
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Would it be more OK if they had used a different picture of him? Maybe his mugshot?
I don't think he should be on it at all, but I do think the picture they chose is causing a lot more backlash than the fact that he is even on it because it makes him look more "human" if that makes sense? He looks like a young average kid you'd see anywhere or even be friends with...which is much more terrifying than someone who looks like they could do that.
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@MrsTiz: I think that's why they chose that picture!
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@mrbee: that's exactly why! I was just curious if it had been a mugshot, would people be more accepting of it?
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@MrsTiz: I have rethought my position on the cover, after readin more about the article itself! I think people are reacting to the idea that he's being treated as a celebrity. But the article is about how a seemingly normal young man was radicalized. From that perspective, the cover makes a convincing point and serves a clear purpose!
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For me, it's ok to want to profile the kid and figure out why he did it. But there is no need to have a full page glamour shot. Maybe it could have been a small picture at the bottom. But for Rolling Stone this is only a good thing, more press for their magazine.
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@mrbee: Exactly this. While I think the cover is in poor taste and very sensational, once I read the tag line, I understood more of why they went with that image. What he and his brother did was horrible, atrocious, and just plain evil. They didn't look like terrorists, which like @MrsTiz said is even more terrifying.
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I agree with pretty much everything everyone said. I think the cover was in very poor taste and disrespectful to the real victims here. Just horrible!
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@mrbee: @MrsTiz: I agree. I think they chose this cover *because* they knew it would be controversial and for that reason garner extra attention and a wider reading audience . . . so that the message about *who* a terrorist could be (and look like - anyone!) could be delivered to as many as possible.
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@mrbee: I havent read the article so I had to form my opinion based on the cover only.. I agree with @MrsTiz: that people would have been less upset if his mugshot was used.
Eitherway I am more upset about the fact that he pled not guilty. I really really hope he doesnt go free on some legal technicality, my heart cant take another guilty person going free anytime soon -
Yes. The image is in extremely poor taste. The article may be good, but the cover is very disturbing and disrespectful.
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@mrbee: I disagree. They played up the cover to make it look like the one of Jim Morrison, who he does somewhat resemble. But I'd say Jim Morrison was a bit more of a sexy talented celebrity than an average guy.
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It doesn't bother me as much as it disgusts me. This man- excuse me- BOY- doesn't deserve his face on the cover, the survivors/runners do.
We stopped subscribing to Rolling Stone over some of their political statements YEARSSS ago anyway so I'm not shocked.
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@kjpugs: "This man- excuse me- BOY- doesn't deserve his face on the cover, the survivors/runners do."
This exactly. We shouldn't even care what he looks like. Instead of a glamorous full page spread of his own selfie, they should have put photos of all the people he murdered. They should be remembered, not he.
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@pui: or how about a glamourous photo of someone who lost a limb, to make THEM feel like a rock star? I think that is truly deserved.
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