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The Kids Are Not Alright
13 June 2005What's most interesting about Geraldine Sealey's damning Rolling Stone report on the Bush administration's failure to live up to its promises to fund the fight against AIDS is not the information she presents -- most of it old news to those who've followed this story -- but rather the fact that it's in Rolling Stone. After a flirtation with Blender-style ADD journalism a few years ago, Rolling Stone has rededicated itself to real reporting. Even so, the presence of this story in the magazine is a surprise. Does it reflect a sophistication among Rolling Stone's youthful readers overlooked by the politicos-that-be? Maybe this is a sign: The kids are not alright. They know there's real trouble in the world, and they want the details. Nothing gonzo or rock n' roll about it; just the facts, straight up and brutal.
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