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Rollimg Stone October 16, 2008
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Electric Sheep
Dsicle - BoM Dec 06
I'm willing to bet that was precisely their intent.
Rolling Stone's opinions-disguised-as-reporting style really annoys me. I gave up reading the magazine after one too many "Al Gore is the greatest" journalism pieces. I'm not a fan of McCain, but I'm also not a fan of tabloid hit-pieces.
Electric Sheep
Dsicle - BoM Dec 06
If I were publishing Rolling Stone, I'd do the same thing they're doing.
They're a MUSIC MAGAZINE...their target audience is going to be young-ish and liberal, so attacking McCain makes perfect sense since their readership likely going to be pro-Obama.
Thing like that cover article sell magazines, and in the end, that's what it's all about to them.
BTW, I stopped reading Rolling Stone and Spin in the late 90's when I discovered I could get more and better information on the Internet (which also holds true for most magazines nowadays).
They're a MUSIC MAGAZINE...their target audience is going to be young-ish and liberal, so attacking McCain makes perfect sense since their readership likely going to be pro-Obama.
Thing like that cover article sell magazines, and in the end, that's what it's all about to them.
BTW, I stopped reading Rolling Stone and Spin in the late 90's when I discovered I could get more and better information on the Internet (which also holds true for most magazines nowadays).
Except ECCJ, oi? (well, they've got a website, but I'd rather the magazine)
Electric Sheep
Dsicle - BoM Dec 06
No, in general I feel that way about all magazines: you can get information on the web much quicker than in print.
Nowadays, I buy magazines because I like them, not because I need the info.
Nowadays, I buy magazines because I like them, not because I need the info.
I stopped reading that magazine in the 90's. It is a bunch of liberal garbage.
Greg
BoM October 2006
Let's see...you were born in '84 and stopped reading RS in the 90's. How old were you in the 90's? 10? LOL
I agree that Rolling Stone hasn't been significant in decades, but the McCain piece is spot on.
Soundwave13
BoM Feb 2010
I don't know if I entirely agree with "the McCain piece [being] spot on."... I had read this the other day & while the majority of situations are factual, there is definitely some 'framing' of situations that is subjective or arguable.
I wouldn't mind seeing something similar for Obama... not that it matters.
I can't stand either one of em.
The whole thing is severely depressing.
Oh yeah - & RS mag has been a junk rag for a looooong time.
Just my $.02.
I wouldn't mind seeing something similar for Obama... not that it matters.
I can't stand either one of em.
The whole thing is severely depressing.
Oh yeah - & RS mag has been a junk rag for a looooong time.
Just my $.02.