What? You mean to tell me that RollingStone failed to do accurate, thorough reporting, putting out a story too quickly just to get a reaction and sell magazines and advertising? Doesn’t sound like them at all.
It’s too bad they reported such a relevant story with such amateur reporting.
But wasn’t it just earlier this week that the entire entertainment community was blasting RollingStone for their inability to crown a somewhat deserving Album of the Year?
My how we giveth and we taketh away credibility when it fits our own narrative for what we want to hear and feel.
We blasted them for not doing a good job covering what the magazine is founded upon (music), yet initially took as gospel a report that is way outside their strength and foundation. So are we surprised?
It used to be that artists covered the social/legal side and then the magazine covered the artists. Today’s artists are too scared to publicly have an opinion, but then again no one is asking them or really looking to them for that anymore. But at least Questlove made a call to action HERE
I’m just old enough to remember when RollingStone was at least primarily music reporting. But in the midst of their declining credibility in that area, they expanded outward to cover politics, social issues, justice, and world topics. Great idea. Move away from your strength which your company was founded upon and start doing lots of things not very well.
RollingStone should go back to doing a great job reporting on music, the music business needs that. And lots of people would benefit from it.
Make a list of all the things you are able to do and realize that just because you’re able, doesn’t mean you should.
In fact, aside from the top 2 or 3 things, you should probably run far far away from everything else on the list. They’re distractions, not options.
