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CVS Says It 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.
By Joe Hutnak, RI Patch Field Editor
Woonsocket-based CVS/Caremark announced on Wednesday that it will not sell the newest edition of Rolling Stone magazine featuring accused Boston Marathon bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev on the cover. CVS has a store on Main Road in Tiverton.
The pharmacy chain issued a statement which said, in part, that it decided not to carry the issue "out of respect for the victims of the attack and their loved ones," according to Boston Magazineonline.
In a spot typically reserved for iconic rock stars, Tsarnaev's face appears on the new issue, due on newsstands on Friday.
Woonsocket-based CVS/Caremark announced on Wednesday that it will not sell the newest edition of Rolling Stone magazine featuring accused Boston Marathon bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev on the cover. CVS has a store on Main Road in Tiverton.
The pharmacy chain issued a statement which said, in part, that it decided not to carry the issue "out of respect for the victims of the attack and their loved ones," according to Boston Magazineonline.
In a spot typically reserved for iconic rock stars, Tsarnaev's face appears on the new issue, due on newsstands on Friday.
The feature has sparked outrage across social media. A Facebook Page "Boycott Rolling Stone Magazine for their latest cover" had a rapidly growing 130,000 followers on Wednesday evening around 11 p.m.
The Rolling Stone article is headlined: “The Bomber: How a Popular, Promising Student Was Failed by His Family, Fell into Radical Islam, and Became a Monster.”
With additional reporting by Olga Enger, Editor of Newport Patch.
With additional reporting by Olga Enger, Editor of Newport Patch.
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