Rolling Stone's Obsession With Obama

I'll be the first to say I am most surprised to have two Rolling Stone blog complaints in a row, but alas, I feel it necessary to get something off my chest (unusual for me I know). This one, at least, can be kept shorter than the first.

Please get Barack Obama off the cover of my Rolling Stone--twice in less than 3 months. I reiterate, twice in less then 3 months. He has nothing to do with music. At least not in any capacity that deems gracing (and I use that word in this context lightly) the cover of an established music magazine. I know RS has grown (again I'm opting to use that word lightly) into more of a pop culture magazine of movie and reality TV celebrities rather than remain a true magazine of legitimate music journalism and critique. But TWICE IN LESS THAN 3 MONTHS. I don't know the cover history of RS but I can almost state for fact that few musical artists have ever achieved such a feat.

I've already ranted about RS's lurid biasness towards the left, and this clinches the validity of my opinion quite nicely. On one cover Obama is the sole image, uncharacteristically surrounded by the text of featured articles. On another he seems to glow. It is almost as if RS wants to make readers think "Hey, this man is a god." Now that message in itself isn't such a bothersome issue with me. If I had to choose a political side I more often than not tend to lean towards the left. (Sure deifying a man is down right blasphemous).

But RS was, at one point, about journalism and I can respect journalism only when it covers an issue in its entirety. No biases. No promoting an agenda. No catering to the intended audience to sell more issues. I mean there's no McCain, or not even Hilary, who is on the same blatant political spectrum as the magazine. Just try, RS, please try, to uphold some journalistic integrity. Every once and a while. Then you can return to your TMZ musings.