NY Times on Rolling Stone Cover: Everyone Chill, Yo

The New York Times’ editorial board is sticking up for the Rolling Stone cover featuring the alleged Boston Marathon bomber, Dzhokhar Tsarnaev. In an editorial, the paper essentially says that everyone needs to chill out.

Since Rolling Stone’s cover (which shows Tsarnaev looking very Jim Morrison-like) hit the Internet, the outrage has been increasing. Walgreens even came out and said they wouldn’t sell the issue. Walgreens sells Campbell’s Chunky Soup. That’s much more dangerous than a Tsarnaev selfie.

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