Rolling Stone has always been a political magazine. Often with a certain je-ne-sais-quois (see Hunter S Thompson), but political never the less. In the 90s the

Rolling Stone has always been a political magazine. Often with a certain je-ne-sais-quois (see Hunter S Thompson), but political never the less. In the 90s they shifted to a more media-based based magazine, compared to previously and they have endeavoured to move back to being a political magazine.