Rolling Stone defends controversial cover with bombing suspect
Published: 2013 July 18 11:36:04 (4337 Views)
Rolling Stone has defended its controversial new cover featuring Boston Marathon bombings suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev after triggering a firestorm of comments.
The August issue of the music magazine features a story and photo of Tsarnaev and is titled: "The Bomber: How a popular, promising student was failed by his family, fell into radical Islam and became a monster."
After a flurry of negative comments online and some commercial stores vowing to refuse to sell this month's issue Rolling Stone released a statement defending the cover.
"Our hearts go out to the victims of the Boston Marathon bombing, and our thoughts are always with them and their families," Rolling Stone said.
"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 magazine added that "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."
As soon as Rolling Stone released the cover image Tuesday night, Rolling Stone's Facebook page attracted much criticism. One commenter accusing the magazine of "glamorizing terrorism" and another called it a "slap in the face to the great city of Boston."
Dzhokhar, and his brother Tamerlan, allegedly put two bombs near the finish line of the Boston Marathon in April. Three people were killed and hundreds were injured when the bombs detonated seconds apart.
Authorities also say the Tsarnaevs killed MIT police officer Sean Collier days after the bombings. Tamerlan died after a gunfight with police officers in Watertown.
Tsarnaev has pleaded not guilty to 30 federal charges including using a weapon of mass destruction to kill.
He could face the death penalty if prosecutors choose to pursue it.
- CBS
The August issue of the music magazine features a story and photo of Tsarnaev and is titled: "The Bomber: How a popular, promising student was failed by his family, fell into radical Islam and became a monster."
After a flurry of negative comments online and some commercial stores vowing to refuse to sell this month's issue Rolling Stone released a statement defending the cover.
"Our hearts go out to the victims of the Boston Marathon bombing, and our thoughts are always with them and their families," Rolling Stone said.
"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 magazine added that "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."
As soon as Rolling Stone released the cover image Tuesday night, Rolling Stone's Facebook page attracted much criticism. One commenter accusing the magazine of "glamorizing terrorism" and another called it a "slap in the face to the great city of Boston."
Dzhokhar, and his brother Tamerlan, allegedly put two bombs near the finish line of the Boston Marathon in April. Three people were killed and hundreds were injured when the bombs detonated seconds apart.
Authorities also say the Tsarnaevs killed MIT police officer Sean Collier days after the bombings. Tamerlan died after a gunfight with police officers in Watertown.
Tsarnaev has pleaded not guilty to 30 federal charges including using a weapon of mass destruction to kill.
He could face the death penalty if prosecutors choose to pursue it.
- CBS
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