How Rolling Stone Won The News Cycle And Lost The Story

Correction: Rolling Stone's cycle is every two weeks.

Rolling Stone's investigative pieces always consistently deliver.

Rolling Stone Editor: People don't read the web, they like the feel of paper and ink.

Ugg read lead headlines:

NYT: McChrystal Is Summoned to Washington Over Remarks
LATimes: Top general in Afghan war is summoned home
MSNBC: 'Furious' Obama summons general to White House
CNN: McChrystal summoned to Washington after remarks
FOX: Mexican Gangs Maintain Lookout Bases — in Hills of Arizona

Har har har.

All it takes is one Gonzo 2nd louie who hates Obama to provide some quotes, true or not. Now his entire staff will pay the price with their careers going down the tubes. If the person providing the quotes had any guts or integrity he would admit what he has done. Then that would not fit his pattern.

Plus, they ALSO have a huge story about some 'heroic' BP well in Alaska, (which sounds just wonderful--and I'm sure is oh-so-safe) and there is nada on their website about that EITHER! Even though the writer was on KO last night!

But at least we do get to see Lady Gaga. Do you think she looks too militaristic with her latest in foundation garments?

Wow. "Jumblies." I love you, Britain. I really do.

This article is lame. Whether it is this or anything that Matt Taibbi has written about the banksters or the revelations about the dept of interior, Rolling Stone has delivered.
mccrystal really was a bad choice for the President's bad choice.
He dodged a bullet when he was given a pass on the Tillman murder/coverup.

All the coverage on the WH outrage over McC's comments in the piece, and on how Rolling Stone has covered it miss the two most important points of the article. (1) That our strategy in Afghanistan is failing. And failing not just because of who is in charge (though that certainly isn't helping) but because the strategy of counter-insurgency is profoundly flawed in the first place. Didn't work in Algeria, didn't work in Vietnam. So why exactly are we trying it again? (2) That the most important pieces of our foreign policy are being handed over to a set of alcoholic psychopaths, who have somehow managed to convince the people who are supposedly in charge that they "know how to get things done." The entire strategy needs to be pulled, not just the guy out there running it like it's his own personal version of "Taps."

Rolling Stone covers financial (see Matt Taibi) and political news better than the majors.

Shame on NYT, WP and all the others.

Wenner is terrified of digital media. He has consistently rejected the web for years, only recently properly branding rollingstone.com, convinced that print media is not in trouble and will survive on print traditionalists alone. He's a fool. Rolling Stone is not just a magazine anymore, it is a brand; to keep each aspect of the brand alive, one must learn to use each aspect to support the other.

BREAKING:

Judge rules against Obama on oil drilling moratorium

http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE65L4UI20100622

I'm STILL trying to get thru Tim Dickenson's documenting what a clusterfrag the MMS is.

RS kicks everyone's ass, with Taibbi and Dickinson, so I'd lose the snark. And Politico printing the whole story is theft and indefensible. Crap, snide piece Megan.

mcrose6 is correct. RollingStone is the Underwear Pants Gnomes of magazines. I can't tell if Ms. Carpentier meant to refer to the South Park episode or not with the final step but it is funny regardless and I appreciate her summary of RollingStone either way. Nice job.

I found the story on the RS website at 10:30AM pst. I don't understand what you are whining about? Perhaps you too could find some real reporting to do instead of indignantly clicking your refresh button all day?

And it's Jubblies.