Rolling Stone sparks new scrutiny after Sean Penn interview with 'El Chapo'

By Elizabeth Dilts NEW YORK (Reuters) - Rolling Stone magazine, heavily criticized for a now-debunked 2014 story describing a fraternity gang rape, is attracting new scrutiny after it published an interview by actor Sean Penn with Mexican drug lord Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman. Penn met Guzman in a jungle in central Mexico in October for the interview, several months after the head of the Sinaloa drug cartel escaped from a high-security Mexican prison in July. The Hollywood star called it "the first interview El Chapo had ever granted outside an interrogation room." Sources in Mexico said the interview helped Mexico's government catch the world's most-wanted drug lord. Long considered the bible for rock music lovers, Rolling Stone is also known for edgy journalism typified by correspondents like Matt Taibbi, who skewered Wall Street titans during the global financial crisis, and Hunter S. Thompson, originator of the gonzo style of journalism.