Week 3 EOC: Rolling Stone Magazine

The Rolling Stone article on the Boston bomber “Dzhokhar Tsarnaev” aka Jahar was a very enlightening yet controversial look into the life of the “monstrous” young man. Though the magazine stirred up enough drama and anger from consumers for allowing Jahar to be on the cover of the magazine, the article is sure to stir up some drama of its own. The article shines a little light into the dark and depressing life of Jahar and painted a picture of a troubled young man, with a dark and truly disturbed family. Though we know Jahar is guilty of one of the most horrific attacks on our country, was it lawful for the reporter of this story to dig so deep? To say some of the things that were said, and to collect so many different opinions of Jahar and his upbringing?. One issue this article raises is a fair trial and whether or not this article just made it that much harder to do so. Although it is pretty apparent that Jahar is guilty of all crimes committed, there is something to be said about the bias in this article. A fair trial would insinuate that the jury had no bias against, in this case, Jahar but when you print an article and print it in one of the worlds most popular magazine we are making it that much harder to find an un biased group. Jahar could even goes as far as to turn around and claim “defamation” to his name from the article and all opinions within it. Slander is another claim Jahar can take from an article if this nature. Now Jahar is no saint and it is very unlikely that these claims if he would choose to run with them would even get off of the ground, but the fact that businesses like rolling stone are even leaving the options open needs to be done very carefully. If they continue to produce articles like this it is making it easier for people to turn the tables and hold the reigns.