Time magazine's Person Of The Year?

[seldearslj]

One of these days I will stop being blurty-posty around here. And then you'll know I'm dead. :)

An interesting thought regarding Time magazine's Person Of The Year, 2006

Comments

[wiliqueen]

He is indeed.

Bear in mind that, according to the news bit I saw the other day, if they had selected one person, it would probably have been Mahmoud Ahmedinejad. The PotY is the person who (I'm paraphrasing horribly, but you get the idea) made the most/biggest news. That can be for good or ill.

[seldearslj]

I probably shouldn't laugh but...

What you're saying is that, essentially, Time Magazine decided that a gimmicky response to PotY was better than having the Iranian Prez up on the cover of their magazine as PotY, all across the US?

[wiliqueen]

*chuckle* Well, it wasn't actually what I was saying, but I'll let you give me credit for it.

I didn't look at the link until after I commented. So I was just saying that the terrorist would meet the criteria just as well as anyone else. Arguably better -- certainly their use of the internet gets a lot of coverage!

I hadn't really though much about the gimmickry of it, mostly because I tend to think the whole think is gimmicky to begin with. I was kind of surprised to see comments like the one about how it's interesting, but "not PotY interesting." Maybe I'm too cynical, but I've never really thought of it as a particularly hallowed institution anyway. *wry g*

[seldearslj]

Maybe it's just because I mentally accord Time magazine a little more...credibility than the trash-gossip mags, you know?

Good advertising on their part I suppose!

[wiliqueen]

Oh, I definitely respect the magazine as a whole. It's just the PotY thing I've always thought was kinda cheesy. *shrug* I'm learning that I seem to be weird that way.