轩然大波，伐声四起：滚石封面竟然这样

信源：BBC中文网

英国滚石乐队最新一期杂志用波士顿爆炸案被告焦哈尔・特萨尔纳伊夫的照片当封面，引发轩然大波，网络上立即挞伐声四起。

特萨尔纳伊夫成为滚石乐队杂志封面人物。

几千人在网络上发文说，这是一个”不礼貌、不雅观”且”令人做呕”的举动。

19岁的特萨尔纳伊夫前不久出庭受审，他在法庭上否认所有对他的控罪。

除了滚石乐队杂志，《纽约时报》写了一则关于他的特别报导，也将这张照片放置头版。

一名滚石粉丝在滚石乐队的脸书网页上写道：“真是羞耻至极！竟然试图要让特萨尔纳伊夫看起来像一个摇滚明星，实在可怕。”

目前已经有超过5400人发表留言。

歌手平克（Pink）转发了广播主持人泰德・史追克（Ted Stryker）推特上的留言：”滚石乐队一个可怕、欠缺格调且愚蠢的选择。对于营造前卫性而言，这一点也不聪明。非常失望。”

波士顿的一个乐队前不久才捐了19.7万英镑给爆炸案的受害者，听闻此事后同样表达了他们的愤怒。

滚石乐队杂志编辑珍妮・瑞特曼用了两个月采访特萨尔纳伊夫的家人和朋友，撰写成报道，发表在该杂志上。

特萨尔纳伊夫面临30项控罪。他被控在4月15日两起爆炸中使用大规模毁灭型武器，造成三人死亡，其中包括一名年仅八岁的男孩。两起爆炸案共造成过260人受伤。

此事件为911事件以来，美国所发生最大规模的伤亡案。

Rolling Stone takes heat for cover featuring Boston bomb suspect Tsarnaev

While magazine editors defend their actions, Boston Mayor Tom Menino says cover was ill-conceived and reaffirms a message that destruction gains fame for killers.

BOSTON — A Rolling Stone cover story featuring Boston Marathon bombing suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev is generating controversy, with several retailers including CVS and Walgreens announcing Wednesday that they will not carry the issue.

The cover of the magazine’s Aug. 1 edition is a photo in which Tsarnaev looks more like one of the rock stars that usually grace it than a suspect in the April 15 bombings at the marathon finish line that killed three and wounded more than 260.

A preview on the magazine’s website says the story by contributing editor Janet Reitman traces how “a bright kid with a charming future became a monster.”

Rolling Stone editors said in a statement that the story falls within the traditions of journalism and the magazine’s commitment to serious and thoughtful coverage.

“The fact that Dzhokhar Tsarnaev is young, and in the same age group as many of our readers, makes it all the more important for us to examine the complexities of this issue and gain a more complete understanding of how a tragedy like this happens,” the statement said.

The cover was ill-conceived at best and reaffirms a message that destruction gains fame for killers, Boston Mayor Tom Menino wrote in a letter to Rolling Stone publisher Jann Wenner.

“Among those we lost, those who survived, and those who help carry them forward, there are artists and musicians and dancers and writers. They have dreams and plans,” he wrote. “They struggle and strive. The survivors of the Boston attacks deserve Rolling Stone cover stories, although I no longer feel that Rolling Stone deserves them.”

Three retailers based within 80 kilometres of the site of the bombings, including Rhode Island-based CVS and convenience stores Tedeschi Food Shops and Cumberland Farms in Massachusetts, said they will not carry the magazine. Walgreens, headquartered in Illinois, joined them in opting out of selling the issue.

“Tedeschi Food Shops supports the need to share the news with everyone, but cannot support actions that serve to glorify the evil actions of anyone,” the chain said on its Facebook page. “Music and terrorism don’t mix!”

One of the marathon runners, Lauren Gabler, who works in IT consulting in Washington and was running her fourth Boston Marathon this year, said she at first thought the Rolling Stone photo was of a model or rock star and was surprised when she realized it was Tsarnaev.

“The cover almost tricks you into what you’re looking at,” she said.

Tsarnaev has pleaded not guilty in the bombings.