CNN’s Jake Tapper offered up that poignant suggestion for a better cover than Rolling Stone’s much-derided, and rightly so, cover featuring a glam shot of the Dzhokhar Tsarnaev.
Even sadder? He received push-back from Rolling Stone defenders. But, no worries: Tapper is up to the task of troll-trouncing.
https://twitter.com/JonathanDBrown/status/357877629770137600
@JonathanDBrown the outrage of Bostonians/national security folks/etc is phony? disagree. +this isnt about RS journalism which is excellent
— Jake Tapper (@jaketapper) July 18, 2013
https://twitter.com/PJGJ03/status/357877582806515715
@PJGJ03 the question is about putting his pic on the cover of a mag known for glam celebrity covers, not use of photo at all
— Jake Tapper (@jaketapper) July 18, 2013
https://twitter.com/JonathanDBrown/status/357879608059756545
Wait, what?
@JonathanDBrown where do you get that? that this is all one big post-ironic meta commentary?
— Jake Tapper (@jaketapper) July 18, 2013
Bam!
@jaketapper how about we stop censoring things?
— James Crugnale (@jamescrugnale) July 18, 2013
@jamescrugnale who's censoring?
— Jake Tapper (@jaketapper) July 18, 2013
Country star Dierks Bentley isn’t. He is protesting in an, umm, more anatomical way.
https://twitter.com/JonathanDBrown/status/357880263147134976
@JonathanDBrown that's all fine, the discussion is a good one to have. i just think it's unfair to call the outrage "phony."
— Jake Tapper (@jaketapper) July 18, 2013
@jaketapper didn't half the nations' drug stores ban this thing? Public debate on the cover is fine, banning it outright feels un-American
— James Crugnale (@jamescrugnale) July 18, 2013
@jamescrugnale private businesses can agree not to sell anything they want. those choices, too, are freedom.
— Jake Tapper (@jaketapper) July 18, 2013
Careful, Jake! You might be accused of bitterly clinging to freedom.
https://twitter.com/JonathanDBrown/status/357881660122996737
@JonathanDBrown we did this story after CVS/Walgreens/Mayor Menino expressed outrage.
— Jake Tapper (@jaketapper) July 18, 2013
https://twitter.com/JonathanDBrown/status/357883642120372226
Like Brit Hume said when troll-trouncing as only he can, “look before you tweet.”
@JonathanDBrown CNN had @ErikWemple on, he vociferously defended the cover
— Jake Tapper (@jaketapper) July 18, 2013
That he did. And shame on him.
Kudos to Tapper for standing up for common decency.
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