• kboy101222@sh.itjust.works
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    12 hours ago

    So when did music magazine rolling stone become one of the more reliable sources of non music news in this country? I’m seriously asking cause it’s really strange to me. Good, but strange

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      9 hours ago

      Always. They started out as rock n roll, which was counter-culture in its time. Rock often still is. They’ve always covered more than just music.

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      11 hours ago

      It’s been decades now. Their in-depth reporting during the Bush II administration was leagues better than most mainstream news outlets.

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      12 hours ago

      They’ve had political contributors for a long time. Iirc even Hunter S Thompson contributed some political writings, sprinkled between his more sports-centric articles, to Rolling Stone.