NBC's Today Touts 'Barack Star: Obama on Cover of Rolling Stone' |
| Published: June 26, 2008, 2:17 am |
| Tags: 2008 presidential, barack obama, jann wenner, lee cowan, matt lauer, rolling stone, today |
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Rolling Stone is a left-wing magazine which puts liberal politicians on its cover and this year has already featured a cover story on Barack Obama, yet despite the seeming lack of any newsworthiness in a second Obama cover story, this one written by an unabashed Obama supporter, on Wednesday morning NBC's Today show devoted a full story to how the just-released issue of the magazine illustrated fascination with Obama. Co-host Matt Lauer marveled: On the cover not a musician but a politician, Barack Obama. It's the second time he's been featured there but this time there will be no cover lines, just that photo. The magazine usually does that for the likes only of people like John Lennon. So what is the fascination with the Illinois Senator? In Lee Cowan's story, with Barack Star: Obama on the Cover of Rolling Stone as the on-screen tag, Rolling Stone founder Jann Wenner, who conducted the interview with Obama, gushed: The tides of history are running strong [ Full article ] |
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