posted on December 16, 2006 10:35:14 PM new
By LARRY McSHANE Associated Press Writer
NEW YORK (AP) - Congratulations! You are the Time magazine "Person of the Year."
The annual honor for 2006 went to each and every one of us, as Time cited the shift from institutions to individuals - citizens of the new digital democracy, as the magazine put it. The winners this year were anyone using or creating content on the World Wide Web.
"If you choose an individual, you have to justify how that person affected millions of people," said Richard Stengel, who took over as Time's managing editor earlier this year. "But if you choose millions of people, you don't have to justify it to anyone."
The magazine did cite 26 "People Who Mattered," from North Korean dictator Kim Jong Il to Pope Benedict XVI to the troika of President Bush, Vice President Dick Cheney and former Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld.
And Stengel said if the magazine had decided to go with an individual, Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad was the likely choice. "It just felt to me a little off selecting him," Stengel said.
The 2006 "Person of the Year" package hits newsstands Monday. The cover shows a white keyboard with a mirror for a computer screen where buyers can see their reflection.
It was not the first time the magazine went away from naming an actual person for its "Person of the Year." In 1966, the 25-and-under generation was cited; in 1975, American women were named; and in 1982, the computer was chosen.
"I always love it when it's a person - and it is a person, not a computer or something like that," Stengel said. "We just felt there wasn't a single person who embodied this phenomenon."
Last year's winners were Bill and Melinda Gates and rock star Bono, who were cited for their charitable work and activism aimed at reducing global poverty and improving world health.
(Copyright 2006 by The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.)
posted on December 17, 2006 07:13:27 AM new
Yes, classic, I'm sure most men are happy that hardly any women at all have been chosen as Person of the Year by Time...computers even beat us out.
Except for Corazon Aquino and a stupid Queen women had to be featured in groups (when they were mentioned at all)...I guess to equal one man.
This does not speak well for America where obviously women are still second class citizens.....treat 51% of the population like they're not important ??? Sounds Third World to me....quite backwards.
You could say that since they did pick some really rotten men like Bush sometimes that there just wasn't a woman rotten enough to beat out the men.
But no, I just think even in this, "the world's greatest country", this alleged "enlightened" country of "progressive" thinkers, women are seen as "less" than men.....which proves ya can't cure "stupid".
posted on December 17, 2006 01:09:21 PM new
"Except for Corazon Aquino and a stupid Queen"
why bring Logansdad into this??
"But no, I just think even in this, "the world's greatest country", this alleged "enlightened" country of "progressive" thinkers, women are seen as "less" than men"
Hey Time Magazine calls them as they sees them
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If you dont want to hear the truth....dont ask the question.
[ edited by classicrock000 on Dec 17, 2006 01:11 PM ]
posted on December 18, 2006 01:37:52 PM new
Classic, I am sure your rear end will win award before the year is over. The Mayor of San Fran is just waiting to right event to announce you as the winner.
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