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Time Names Trump its “Person of the Year.”

edited December 13 in Off-Topic
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Actually, politics aside, the accompanying article appears very well written, thoughtful, retrospective, incisive; more focused on the successful campaign strategy than the individual.

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  • So lies upon lies with no cohesive plans other than chaos and revenge is a successful campaign strategy. Who knew.
  • USA! USA! USA!

    mindlessly droning, while the criminal tong dismantles everything.

  • Controversial selections are not unprecedented:

    Adolf Hitler: 1938 - Person of the Year: A Photo History
    Time Magazine

    Adolf Hitler was named TIME's Man of the Year in 1938. TIME explained what was perhaps the most controversial of its choices thus.

    https://content.time.com/time/specials/packages/article/0,28804,2019712_2019694_2019588,00.html
  • MikeM said:


    Controversial selections are not unprecedented:

    Adolf Hitler: 1938 - Person of the Year: A Photo History
    Time Magazine

    Adolf Hitler was named TIME's Man of the Year in 1938. TIME explained what was perhaps the most controversial of its choices thus.

    https://content.time.com/time/specials/packages/article/0,28804,2019712_2019694_2019588,00.html


    Wow. That certainly puts things in perspective.

    Was surprised by Time magazine kissing up to Orange.
  • edited December 13
    Person of the Year (called Man of the Year or Woman of the Year until 1999) is an annual issue of the American news magazine and website Time featuring a person, group, idea, or object that "for better or for worse ... has done the most to influence the events of the year".

    The tradition dates back to 1927 when the magazine selected Charles Lindbergh as its ”Man of the Year.”

    Source: Wikipedia
  • Other controversial selections:

    Joseph Stalin (1939 and 1942); Nikita Khrushchev (1957); and Ayatollah Khomeini (1979)

  • With the threat of retailation against news sources, and with the desire of Trump for exposure on the cover of Time, Time probably is hedging its bets for safety through any possible upcoming turmoil.
  • Anna said:

    With the threat of retailation against news sources, and with the desire of Trump for exposure on the cover of Time, Time probably is hedging its bets for safety through any possible upcoming turmoil.

    This is the type of thing that some of us find most disturbing.

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