Arts & Entertainment
CVS Won't Carry 'Rolling Stone' with Marathon Bomber on Cover
The Woonsocket-based pharmacy chain announced that it won't sell the controversial magazine when it's released on Friday.
Woonsocket-based CVS/Caremark has announced that it will not sell the newest edition of Rolling Stone magazine featuring accused Boston Marathon bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev on the cover.
The magazine goes on sale on newsstands on Friday, July 19. CVS has stores in East Providence and Riverside.
In a spot typically reserved for iconic rock stars, Tsarnaev's face appears on the new issue.
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The feature has sparked outrage across social media. A Facebook Page "Boycott Rolling Stone Magazine for their latest cover" had 150,000 followers on Thursdayday morning around 11 am.
The Rolling Stone's article is headlined: “The Bomber: How a Popular, Promising Student Was Failed by His Family, Fell into Radical Islam, and Became a Monster.”
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Should stores boycott the magazine? What do you think?
With additional reporting by Olga Enger, Editor of Newport Patch.
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