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Fawke Em

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85. Hey, Zimmerman is suing NBC for slander.

Wed Jul 17, 2013, 10:34 PM

Jul 2013

What we were taught is accurate and legally binding.

But, then again, we probably had editors who made us mind that legal line.

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Boston is pissed [View all] graywarrior Jul 2013 OP

because? HiPointDem Jul 2013 #1

It's all over the news graywarrior Jul 2013 #2

oh. that's too bad. HiPointDem Jul 2013 #13

well then, this is right too... sigh. themaguffin Jul 2013 #17

Yabut, Charlie ain't cute graywarrior Jul 2013 #19

actually, in his heyday, if you didn't know he was manson, he was cute. HiPointDem Jul 2013 #28

Oh, I forgot....hubba hubba graywarrior Jul 2013 #29

I'm surprised their first reaction wasn't "They're still printing that?" hughee99 Jul 2013 #30

And Bob Dylan. Don't forget Bob Dylan! graywarrior Jul 2013 #32

Lots of great musicians on the cover, but there was some turds too. hughee99 Jul 2013 #37

That was a horrible, horrible decision for them to do that. themaguffin Jul 2013 #3

Yes graywarrior Jul 2013 #5

What's wrong with Willie Nelson's bus? Renew Deal Jul 2013 #4

I'm in the Boston area and have neard nothing about this. Why would we be pissed? virgogal Jul 2013 #6

Because channel 7 told us ! graywarrior Jul 2013 #8

Oh that's right. We're mad as hell, and we'll do what we're told. R. Daneel Olivaw Jul 2013 #10

We're Bostonians. We're just mad. graywarrior Jul 2013 #11

I'll agree with that. 45 minutes to go from exit 12 to 10 on 93-S. Fekking mad. R. Daneel Olivaw Jul 2013 #14

93 and 495 are the worst of the worst graywarrior Jul 2013 #15

You can add routes 2, 3, the pike, Storrow and the tunnels. R. Daneel Olivaw Jul 2013 #21

Huntington Ave SUCKS!!! graywarrior Jul 2013 #22

I-95 SUCKS! I once had to drive alongside the whole thing - local streets till South Connecticut. bettyellen Jul 2013 #45

Channel 7 is ABC and ABC tends to be conservative Warpy Jul 2013 #23

CBS has Jack Williams! graywarrior Jul 2013 #25

All three channels are conservative: 4, 5 + 7. R. Daneel Olivaw Jul 2013 #36

Yeah. I live in the Boston region and have heard nothing. People in this region have bluestate10 Jul 2013 #35

Me either.... Marrah_G Jul 2013 #49

Ew - I'm not I favor of that rock-star looking cover. cyberswede Jul 2013 #7

Meh. RS had Charles Manson on the cover, too. Blaukraut Jul 2013 #9

Who in hell reads Rolling Stone? graywarrior Jul 2013 #18

I do! They sent us complimentary issues for a few months, so why the hell not. lol n/t Blaukraut Jul 2013 #24

I look at the pictures graywarrior Jul 2013 #26

OMG this doesn't reinforce a terr'ist stereotype!! n/t leftstreet Jul 2013 #12

Are they mad because they are in Boston? Or is it Bostonians that are just mad Katashi_itto Jul 2013 #16

We're mad because we're Massholes graywarrior Jul 2013 #20

From urban dictionary, gray... snort~ sheshe2 Jul 2013 #47

OMG, that is classic! graywarrior Jul 2013 #48

That's a wicked pissah description of a Masshole. n/t Gormy Cuss Jul 2013 #60

Ya Wicked! 2naSalit Jul 2013 #62

lol! I turn into a Masshole as soon as I hit the border. bunnies Jul 2013 #67

understandable Liberal_in_LA Jul 2013 #27

Perhaps judgement should be reserved until the article is read. nt RedCappedBandit Jul 2013 #31

Reserved judgment here? At DU? graywarrior Jul 2013 #33

Beyond disgusting to put that photo on the cover Justice Jul 2013 #34

Agreed. GiaGiovanni Jul 2013 #56

Yeah, I hated when they made Manson a sex symbol too justiceischeap Jul 2013 #76

People like you! Fawke Em Jul 2013 #84

Yes. The four people the Boston bomber murdered.. Cha Jul 2013 #88

Michele Bachmann should have done Rolling Stone instead of Newsweek. Ian David Jul 2013 #38

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AAAAAHHH!!! Make her go away! She's too scary for MSM. Tigress DEM Jul 2013 #41

The people in Boston drive horribly. postulater Jul 2013 #40

I was in a bus one time going into the Callahan Tunnel when a car hit the side of the bus. graywarrior Jul 2013 #42

What I remember most about the two times liberalhistorian Jul 2013 #91

Cow pasture streets. lol graywarrior Jul 2013 #93

The bomber was on the bus with Willie Nelson? Incitatus Jul 2013 #43

This is serious! Smarten up. graywarrior Jul 2013 #44

That's lame exploitation flamingdem Jul 2013 #46

Kick It! sheshe2 Jul 2013 #50

Ironically, he looks a lot like the Dylan gif Fawke Em Jul 2013 #51

My brother said the same thing the other day! graywarrior Jul 2013 #52

I prefer "realist." Fawke Em Jul 2013 #53

Nice handle you got there, Fawke Em graywarrior Jul 2013 #54

The indictment vs. Tsarnaev is heavily flawed temmer Jul 2013 #55

I know that, too. Fawke Em Jul 2013 #77

My old journalism training kicked in when I saw that, too deutsey Jul 2013 #75

Hey, Zimmerman is suing NBC for slander. Fawke Em Jul 2013 #85

We also had editors who would've called bullshit on "Capt. Sum Ting Wong" deutsey Jul 2013 #92

I understand how some people are angry over this picture. hrmjustin Jul 2013 #57

LOL Scurrilous Jul 2013 #58

On a serious note, Boston has every right to be pissed Gray. sheshe2 Jul 2013 #59

Thank you! graywarrior Jul 2013 #63

You better believe it! Thanks sheshe2 Puzzledtraveller Jul 2013 #65

Sorry, I don't get the anger ProudToBeBlueInRhody Jul 2013 #61

Neither do I Capt. Obvious Jul 2013 #74

Dear Boston, The Heros gray~ sheshe2 Jul 2013 #64

Mahalo, She! Cha Jul 2013 #90

He's hot, he's sexy and will soon be dead. AngryAmish Jul 2013 #66

Like the Jim Morrison cover that it actually looks like. Fawke Em Jul 2013 #87

Well who ISN'T pissed off about the general inaction and indifference to climate change? Blue_Tires Jul 2013 #68

why are they so down on Jay-Z? nt markiv Jul 2013 #69

I thought it tasteless as well. It's seductive. nolabear Jul 2013 #70

This is as upsetting Capt. Obvious Jul 2013 #71

Slightly off-topic, but: Print media wonders why it is dying. Atman Jul 2013 #72

I wonder abut that when they keep sending me their mag thru email graywarrior Jul 2013 #73

Boston is more entitled to be pissed off than Rolling Stone is to pull of this stunt. nt AllINeedIsCoffee Jul 2013 #78

Can you support your assertion? Bluenorthwest Jul 2013 #79

No graywarrior Jul 2013 #80

So you don't agree that the Bomber is the bomber or that he's a monster? You take issue Bluenorthwest Jul 2013 #81

I believe he knew very well what he was getting involved in graywarrior Jul 2013 #83

Oh come on...No wavy? trumad Jul 2013 #82

They made a bad decision with that photo graywarrior Jul 2013 #86

Boston Strong! burnodo Jul 2013 #89