Boston Marathon Explosions

[Junior]

https://twitter.com/...295236613021696

 

 

 

Edit: Very interesting take on it:

http://www.slate.com/blogs/browbeat/2013/07/17/boston_bomber_rolling_stone_cover_with_dzokhar_tsarnaev_is_good_journalism.html

 

As the Washington Post’s Erik Wemple points out, the image is exploitative—but it isn’t just exploitative: It’s also smart, unnerving journalism. By depicting a terrorist as sweet and handsome rather than ugly and terrifying, Rolling Stone has subverted our expectations and hinted at a larger truth. The cover presents a stark contrast with our usual image of terrorists. It asks, “What did we expect to see in Tsarnaev? What did we hope to see?” The answer, most likely, is a monster, a brutish dolt with outward manifestations of evil. What we get instead, however, is the most alarming sight of all: a boy who looks like someone we might know.

[QMany]

"... was failed by his family."

 

Wut.

[ZRod]

It's not the first time...

[Mavric]

No surprise that "news" magazines would have news stories. Rolling Stone isn't in the same category.

[zoogs]

It's not like it's his fault if he resembles Jim Morrison. And Slate is right. Wasn't there some hubub at first about how some news outlets were trying to portray the Tsarnaevs as more 'brown' looking than they were?

[ZRod]

No surprise that "news" magazines would have news stories. Rolling Stone isn't in the same category.

They're a politics and popular culture magazine, it's really not that different.

[Junior]

No surprise that "news" magazines would have news stories. Rolling Stone isn't in the same category.

 

[strigori]

Notice one massive difference between the Time, and Newsweek covers and the Rolling Stone cover? The others have the criminal in prison clothes or cuffs. Not looking like a 'rock star' which is just playing into the hands and heads of would be criminals.

[zoogs]

What about the Times?

 

The article from Slate which Junior had linked says it quite well:

 

We may want the media to reconfirm for us that psychopaths are crazed, nutty, creepy recluses whom we can easily identify and thus avoid. But, as this cover reminds us, that simply isn’t the case. Some psychopaths point guns at cameras; others snap selfies in T-shirts. As Tsarnaev’s many friends could attest, we aren’t as good as we’d like to believe at spotting the evil beneath the surface.

[walksalone]

I guess what makes me chuckle is that some rocket scientist at RS thought this was a good idea...

[ADS]

Here's an idea:

 

Let's put this little a-hole on the cover of a magazine, because there won't be copycats who want the same attention or anything.

 

[knapplc]

We're all talking about it, which is why they've done it. Rolling Stone experienced a dwindling readership about a decade ago and turned to more controversial journalism (some say returned to) to bolster sales . It's worked, which is why they keep doing it.

[walksalone]

We're all talking about it, which is why they've done it. Rolling Stone experienced a dwindling readership about a decade ago and turned to more controversial journalism (some say returned to) to bolster sales . It's worked, which is why they keep doing it.

 

But they need us to buy it, not to talk about it...

 

Rolling Stone is neck and neck with Spin for hipster douchebag journalism and weak musical opinions...

[Junior]

Here's an idea:

 

Let's put this little a-hole on the cover of a magazine, because there won't be copycats who want the same attention or anything.

 

 

Guns don't kill people, Rolling Stone magazine kills people.

[rawhide]

Nope you got it all wrong; airliners and pressure cookers kill people.

 

That kid is just a tool