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Rolling Stone rarely has good journalism anymore. They kind of ride the coat tails of the old guys from back in the late 1960's and 1970's who were groundbreaking.
The political stuff they write these days is written with a 100% agenda and bears no resemblance to "journalism".
They did get "lucky" a couple of years ago getting that General drunk and having him badmouth Obama to them and then getting him fired as a consequence.
But I don't think that the journalistic value of the story is what has everyone up in arms.
It's more like just another case of people being "shocked" at shit that is pretty tame.
In a society that watches shows like "Storage Wars" and "Keeping Up With The Kardashians" where boring everyday shit is made to look "exciting" and "shocking" through use of fast cut editing and dramatic music...ANYTHING seems "controversial" and newsworthy.
In other words, the big media hype over this being "controversial" is just...stupid.
Like when they begin most any new story by saying that "people are outraged"...that is the red flag that the media themselves are trying to stir up outrage and create ratings.
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