Rolling Stone magazine with Boston bomber on cover

mondeo

Quite inappropriate wouldn't you say?


http://edition.cnn.com/2013/07/17/studentnews/tsarnaev-rolling-stone-cover/index.html?hpt=hp_c2

Christ the Redeemer

He and his brother were patsies.

tommyboy2222

mondeo wrote: »

Quite inappropriate wouldn't you say?


http://edition.cnn.com/2013/07/17/studentnews/tsarnaev-rolling-stone-cover/index.html?hpt=hp_c2

How is it inappropriate ?

They are doing a story on him.

vicwatson

Attention seeking Rolling Stone Mag

frag420

I thought it was one of The Strokes..............

endacl

Christ the Redeemer wrote: »

He and his brother were patsies.

How now?

Jonny7

Apparently he has quite the fan club among teenage girls and conspiracy theorists

southsiderosie

Somewhere, a Rolling Stone editor is gently weeping tears of joy as more and more 'outraged' people talk about and link to the magazine.

tommyboy2222

tommyboy2222 wrote: »

How is it inappropriate ?

They are doing a story on him.

because he is a suspect, hasnt yet been convicted..

usa teenage girls love him says he dreamy stupid girls

For Forks Sake

endacl wrote: »

How now?

Don't feed it ffs......

danniemcq

They had Charles Manson on the coverin the 70s.

Whats the difference though in this and any paper putting his face on their cover

20Cent

Reminds me of this piece done by Charlie Brooker on screenwipe. He got a psychiatrist to outline what the media should do in the case of mass shootings and killings. The media always do the opposite. Putting this guy on the cover might create a backlash against rolling stone. Hopefully it does stupid thing to do (though I am a fan of Matt Taibbi)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PezlFNTGWv4

mondeo

tommyboy2222 wrote: »

How is it inappropriate ?

They are doing a story on him.

It gives the wrong impression seeing his face on it. It seems very out of place considering famous faces are always on the cover. A murderer gets his face on front of such a magazine like that.

southsiderosie

mondeo wrote: »

It gives the wrong impression seeing his face on it. It seems very out of place considering famous faces are always on the cover. A murderer gets his face on front of such a magazine like that.

How many magazines has Osama Bin Laden been on the cover of?

Most terrorists in the US are painted as wide-eyed radicals, but in this case, the accused looks like the kid next door. Maybe if the American public started to see terrorists as misguided losers rather than criminal masterminds with a coherent political agenda that justifies any means to combat their nefarious ends, we would stop interfering with other countries abroad and stomping on the legal safeguards of our constitution at home. But that is probably wishful thinking.

If they had beards and fitted the stereotype his picture wouldn't be on the cover.

Karl Stein

I can just imagine all the teenage girls signing up to become Jihadettes against The Great Satan because of this photo.

Rolling Stone = Terrorist recruitment manual.

BeerWolf

Initially thought he was on it before the bombing.

wp_rathead

If they doin story on boston bombing suely they should have the photo's of the victims on cover - not the man charged with the crime..

ArmaniJeanss

wprathead wrote: »

If they doin story on boston bombing suely they should have the photo's of the victims on cover - not the man charged with the crime..

They want to sell copies of their magazine.
Criminals are interesting, even exciting, and make us buy; victims are a bit of a turn off for many and varied reasons.

FouxDaFaFa

They knew what they were doing.

By all means, write a story about him. About the dangers of radicalism.

But don't give him the cover of a magazine that has a reputation for being "cool" and don't use a picture that makes him look like a troubled rockstar.

Discuss him but don't glamourise him.

DoesNotCompute

tommyboy2222 wrote: »

How is it inappropriate ?

They are doing a story on him.

There's more tasteful ways of doing a story on him. They didn't need to devote the entire front page to him. They could have been more discreet.

They're quite clearly looking for attention and/or controversy in order to boost sales.

Wattle

What's the difference between him being on the cover of Rolling Stone and the Sunday Times?

Nodin

Cathal Cloch wrote: »

I can just imagine all the teenage girls signing up to become Jihadettes against The Great Satan because of this photo.

Rolling Stone = Terrorist recruitment manual.

He does have that wussy look they tend to like these days.

theUbiq

Why do you care who they put on the front of this magazine?

Didn't they have Obama himself on the cover? How many innocents have died in drone attacks? Drone attacks he ordered...

vitani

Ignoring the morality of it all, it's a very effective cover. I've never bought Rolling Stone before but I'm considering getting this issue to see what they have to say about him.

delbertgrady

He's going to buy five copies for his mother.

fishy fishy

clever thing to do - sales of rolling stone will soar.

SweepTheLeg

danniemcq wrote: »

They had Charles Manson on the coverin the 70s.

Whats the difference though in this and any paper putting his face on their cover

I agree, No different than this.

Lightbulb Sun

Jonny7 wrote: »

Apparently he has quite the fan club among teenage girls and conspiracy theorists

It's mental. The girls think he's "too handsome to be a terrorist".

Blisterman

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Ux3-a9RE1Q

Blisterman

wprathead wrote: »

If they doin story on boston bombing suely they should have the photo's of the victims on cover - not the man charged with the crime..

Because the story is about ""How a Popular, Promising Student Was Failed by His Family, Fell Into Radical Islam and Became a Monster" not about the bombings themselves.

theUbiq

Lightbulb Sun wrote: »

It's mental. The girls think he's "too handsome to be a terrorist".

It's capitalism at its best... I reckon you should be more concerned about NSA spying, illegal wars, CIA rendition, a corrupt lobbying system and a duplicitous lying President with a God complex who believes he has the right to murder people without due process.

EdenHazard

Its loser fat emo girls who find this guy hot.

renegademaster

endacl wrote: »

How now?

google is your friend

renegademaster

southsiderosie wrote: »

How many magazines has Osama Bin Laden been on the cover of?

Most terrorists in the US are painted as wide-eyed radicals, but in this case, the accused looks like the kid next door. Maybe if the American public started to see terrorists as misguided losers rather than criminal masterminds with a coherent political agenda that justifies any means to combat their nefarious ends, we would stop interfering with other countries abroad and stomping on the legal safeguards of our constitution at home. But that is probably wishful thinking.

i'd object more to this ba$tard being on the front of rolling stone

http://afrocity.files.wordpress.com/2009/10/obama3.jpg?w=450&h=450

I think the difference between this cover and Charlie Manson, was that Charlie had already been convicted.

'THE BOMBER'
as rolling stone has already condemned him has not had a trial yet. he is a suspect.

If the young man gets off... Rolling Stone will be paying out big money

Jonny7

Jake1 wrote: »

I think the difference between this cover and Charlie Manson, was that Charlie had already been convicted.

'THE BOMBER'
as rolling stone has already condemned him has not had a trial yet. he is a suspect.

If the young man gets off... Rolling Stone will be paying out big money

Would be a bit like Anders Breivik getting off

Suspects in name only

Jonny7

Jonny7 wrote: »

Would be a bit like Anders Breivik getting off

Suspects in name only

at this point anyway.

MonkstownHoop

EdenHazard wrote: »

Its loser fat emo girls who find this guy hot.

im sure they all are yes :rolleyes: