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Most HelpfulAt its peak, Rolling Stone was a marvelous music and pop culture rag, while also dabbling in politics. Over the years, the emphasis on music has lessened, the politics and pop culture has increased, and the quality of the magazine is not near where it was at it's peak in the early to mid 70s. I don't...
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Most HelpfulI got a free subscription to Rolling Stone last summer, as a result of buying some concert tickets online for my son; there was some sort of promotion going on that I wasn't aware of, and I was surprised to see it in my mailbox a few weeks later. But I was pleasantly surprised, not only because I hadn't really read it in many years, but because the national political campaign season was heating up, adn there was much to cover. RS' national affairs reporter, Matt Taibbi, provides scathing but trenchant observances of the national political scene, and, as RS is a journal of criticism, he presents...
review »Back in the day when I was an idealistic teen and 20-something, Rolling Stone was totally relevant to me. Now that I've grown up and grown brains, most of its politics offend me. I still subscribe, but now I read it to keep up with the music. There have actually been a few good exposes in the last few months, but the liberal leaning are a little much. Still, it's good to read what the "other side" is thinking!