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Wednesday, July 17, 2013

CVS Won't Sell The Boston Bomber Rolling Stone Magazine Edition

Rolling Stones Magazine has decided to feature on its front page the Boston Bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev looking like a pop star.



Why? Is he a rock star?  Did they actually go to the jail and set up a photo shoot? 

The tagline says:

"How A Popular, Promising Student Was Failed by His Family, Fell Into Radical Islam, and Became a Monster.”


Rolling Stone's justification:


Our hearts go out to the victims of the Boston Marathon bombing, and our thoughts are always with them and their families. The cover story we are publishing this week falls within the traditions of journalism and Rolling Stone’s long-standing commitment to serious and thoughtful coverage of the most important political and cultural issues of our day. The fact that Dzhokhar Tsarnaev is young, and in the same age group as many of our readers, makes it all the more important for us to examine the complexities of this issue and gain a more complete understanding of how a tragedy like this happens. –THE EDITORS


Disgusting.


CVS pharmacy, Walgreens ad Tedeschi food shops have refused to sell this edition of the magazine.
Good on them.

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