it is a picture of tsarnaev, the bomber, presented as favorably as rolling stone would picture a rock star. and the boston mayor wrote, your august 3 cover rewards a terrorist with celebrity treatment, it is ill-conceived at most, gaining fame for killers and their causes. rolling stone has pulled the magazine from their magazine racks. many of the victims of the boston bombing have publicly expressed their outrage at rolling stone. this woman s fiance lost a leg in the bombing, wrote, for over three months now mark has had to wake up every day in the hospital dealing with pain, dozens of surgeries and intensive rehab therapy. our entire family is dealing with his recovery while we wait until he can return home. the rolling stone cover is
glamorized rock star photo of accused boston bomber dzhokhar tsarnaev. cvs said, we believe this is the right decision out of respect for the victims. and rigte-aid said the issue is being removed from stores. slamming the issue, writing the magazine s founder, saying, quote, it awards a terrorist with celebrity treatment and reaffirms a terrible message that destruction gains fame from their killers and their causes. saying, part, the cover story falls within the traditions of journalism and rolling stone s long-standing commitment.
shot of the accused boston marathon bomb. now some companies are refusing to sell the issue in their stores. what are people saying about this? reporter: it s easy to find people who are upset about this. the boston herald saying dumb as a rock. they say it reward a terrorist with celebrity treatment. do the survivors of the boston marathon attacks deserve coverage? the survivors and first responders. why are we glorifying a guy who
scared tonight from the controversy sparked by the cover of the new issue. now, i m not going to show you that cover because i don t like it. and a lot of people from boston don t like it. it is a picture of tsarnaev, the bomber, presented as favorably as rolling stone would picture a rock star. and the boston mayor wrote, your august 3 cover rewards a terrorist with celebrity treatment, it is ill-conceived at most, gaining fame for killers and their causes. rolling stone has pulled the magazine from their magazine racks. many of the victims of the boston bombing have publicly expressed their outrage at rolling stone. this woman s fiance lost a leg in the bombing, wrote, for over three months now mark has had to wake up every day in the
messages they see on the internet. it s not dplam russ, don t do this, you won t become a big celebrity, and this magazine cover seems to send a different message. this magazine cover says, you know, terrorism can get you rock star treatment or status, and i think that s a bad message. your former mayor is outraged. he writes, quote the cover rewards a terrorist with celebrity treatment. he says, to respond to you in anger is to feed into your obvious marketing strategy. he suggests they do story about the victims, though i no longer feel that rolling stone deserves them. you re a bostonian, you re going there tomorrow, in touch with a lot of people there. have you heard from people who are upset about this? no, i think most bostonians will do what i ll do tomorrow, drink some dunkin donuts coffee, think about the red sox and not think about these two