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The Time Person of the Year is. ...

Discussion in 'Sports and News' started by The Big Ragu, Dec 11, 2013.

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  1. murphyc

    murphyc Well-Known Member

    Pope is a solid choice, but I agree Snowden would have been my choice. Any new pope is going to be in the running, simply because of the position. The same can't be said of disgruntled former NSA employees.
     
    murphyc, Dec 12, 2013
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  2. heyabbott

    heyabbott Well-Known Member

    Pope moves inventory. Solid business decision .
     
    heyabbott, Dec 12, 2013
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  3. Baron Scicluna

    Baron Scicluna Well-Known Member

    Boston Marathon bombing. Speaking of shattering ....
     
    Baron Scicluna, Dec 12, 2013
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  4. MisterCreosote

    MisterCreosote Well-Known Member

    You guys know "Person of the Year" is a magazine promotion and not some actual award based on actual criteria, right?

    It's the magazine equivalent of the pro wrestling hall of fame.
     
    MisterCreosote, Dec 12, 2013
    #40
  5. Baron Scicluna

    Baron Scicluna Well-Known Member


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    Baron Scicluna, Dec 12, 2013
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  6. The Big Ragu

    The Big Ragu Moderator Staff Member

    It's been around since 1927. That gives it a bit more cachet than an MTV Music Award for most people.

    It does have a criterion. It's “the person or persons who most affected the news and our lives, for good or ill, and embodied what was important about the year.”

    Granted, that is a highly subjective criterion. But that doesn't make it any different than a Nobel Prize or a Pulitzer Prize or the NFL MVP award.
     
    The Big Ragu, Dec 12, 2013
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  7. MisterCreosote

    MisterCreosote Well-Known Member

    Highly subjective criterion = no criterion.

    And, that goes for the Nobel folks, too. They've proven they are governed by political motivation, just as Time is motivated by sales.

    Pulitzers and NFL MVPs are at least backed by experts with a little more cred than the other two.
     
    MisterCreosote, Dec 12, 2013
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  8. Sam Mills 51

    Sam Mills 51 Well-Known Member

    Lighten up on Francis.
     
    Sam Mills 51, Dec 12, 2013
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  9. MisterCreosote

    MisterCreosote Well-Known Member

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    MisterCreosote, Dec 12, 2013
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  10. heyabbott

    heyabbott Well-Known Member

    At least Time has more integrity than the BBWAA
     
    heyabbott, Dec 12, 2013
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  11. BTExpress

    BTExpress Well-Known Member

    Guess these selections really caused the magazine to fly off the shelves:

    Adolf Hitler (1938)
    Joseph Stalin (1939 AND 1942)
    Nikita Khrushchev (1957)
    Ayatollah Khomeini (1979)
    "The Whistleblowers" (Cynthia Cooper, Coleen Rowley and Sherron Watkins, in 2002)
    Wallis Simpson (1936)
    Soong May-ling (1937)
    Corazon Aquino (1986)
    "American Women" (1975)
    "Hungarian Freedom Fighters" (1956)
    "U.S. Scientists" (1960)
    "The Inheritors" (1966)
    "The Middle Americans" (1969)
    "The American Soldier" (2003)
    "The Protester" (2011)
     
    BTExpress, Dec 12, 2013
    #47
  12. Mark2010

    Mark2010 Active Member

    Yeah, good call. Still not even in the top 4 from 2012. Funny how this stuff goes in cycles.
     
    Mark2010, Dec 12, 2013
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