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CVS Won't Sell Rolling Stone with Marathon Bomber on Cover
The Woonsocket-based pharmacy chain announced that it won't sell the controversial magazine when it's released on Friday.
Woonsocket-based CVS/Caremark has announced that it will not sell the newest edition of Rolling Stone magazine featuring accused Boston Marathon bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev on the cover. The magazine goes on sale Friday, July 19.
CVS has a store in the Barrington Shopping Plaza on County Road.
The pharmacy chain issued a statement which said, in part, that it decided not to carry the issue "out of respect for the victims of the attack and their loved ones," according to Boston Magazine online.
In a spot typically reserved for iconic rock stars, Tsarnaev's face appears on the new issue.
The feature has sparked outrage across social media. A Facebook Page "Boycott Rolling Stone Magazine for their latest cover" had a rapidly growing 150,000 followers on Thursday morning around 10 am.
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With additional reporting by Olga Enger, Editor of Newport Patch.
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